Unemployment scam victim responds to massive fraud case

Last year Jeanie Riggs had her first experience with unemployment.

Problem was, she wasn’t the one reaching out to them using her Social Security Number.

THE LIN” WITH UNEMPLOYMENTWENEWS.

TONIGHT THE GOVERNORANNOUNCED THEY JUST DISCOVEREDA GIANT SCHEME TO CLOG UP THESYSTEM WITH TENS OF THOUSANDSOF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. WE HAVETEAM COVERAGE OF GOVERNORLARRY HOGAN'S NEWS CONFERENCETODAY.

WE BEGIN WITH WMAR2NEWSDOWN WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS AVICTIM OF UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUDAND RAN INTO PROBLEMS WHEN SHACTUALLY NEEDED TO APPLY.Last year Jeanie Riggs had herfirst experience withunemployment.

Problem was, shewasnthem using*he* socialsecurity number.

She thoughtshe had it cleared up untilPaPpas, the restaurant sheworks for made the hard choiceto lay some people off sothose employees could pick upunemployment.

So she hadTRIED TO FILE.

Jeanie RiggsFraud victim 17:55:1━17:55:36“As far as I was concerned itwas finished it was done anddidnup so I didnforward to 2020 wheneverything starts to shutdownin March.

Shortly thereafterwhen I went to file I foundthat my social security numberwas still linked to this fakname” But as millions ofpeople will tell you, gettinganything done withunemployment isnthe pandemic.

After months ofemails and calls she got thesocial security problemstraightened outwas getting error pages.17:56:4━17:56:45“It was justlike one little thing afteranother at this point itfive weeks into myunemployment” Wednesday sheand so many others found outthat the state uncovered amassive criminal schemeinvolving over 47,00unemployment claims totalingover $500 million.18:00:1━18:00:18“It reallygets you worked up.

You knowitreach through the screen andgrab somebody” The statenoticed the scheme because ofan usual spike in claims whichwere made using stolenidentities and personalinformation from previousnational data breaches.

Sayingmost of those claims weredeniedmany ACTUALLY GOT APPROVED━and how much was lost.

Now somany are wondering if they area victim or if this the reasonthey havenRiggs has some free advice, ifyou get caught in a schemelike this.

18:03:5━18:04:12“Donthey say itdone.

Follow up with it a weeklater two weeks later just tomake sure that everythingdone.

Do you need anythingfurther from me and wrap itup.

Just to give yourselfpeace of mind” Criminalstargeting people in need&while the STATE struggles tokeep the honest people afloat.Eddie Kadhim WMAR2 News.THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOUCHE