New twist in unemployment frustration reveals DETR triple pay

A new twist in unemployment frustration.

Instead of getting no unemployment benefits like so many, one local woman got three payments in her mailbox… all with different names on them.

13 Chief Investigator Darcy Spears exposes DETR's triple pay.

INSTEAD OF GETTING....NO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS....LIKE SO MANY...ONE LOCAL WOMAN GOT.....-3- PAYMENTS....IN HER MAILBOX...ALL....WITH DIFFERENT NAMES....ON THEM!

13 CHIEFINVESTIGATOR.....DARCY SPEARS EXPOSES.....DETR'S TRIPLE PAY!!DARCY STAND-UP LEAD: IMAGINEWAITING MONTHS TO RECEIVE YOURUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND THENTHEY FINALLY COME.THEN IMAGINE GOING TO YOURMAILBOX ONE DAY AND GETTING ANUNEXPECTED LETTER FROM DETR.AND TWO MORE SEVERAL DAYSLATER.THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO LAURAFEHER'S FRIEND.13:49 LAURA: IT'S VERY POSSIBLETHAT ERRORS CAN HAPPEN.FEHER IS A FORMER ADJUDICATORWHO WORKED FOR 10 YEARS AT THESTATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT,TRAINING AND REHABILITATION--ORDETR.SHE WAS RECENTLY HELPING THATFRIEND WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLEWITH HER UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM.:15 LAURA FEHER: BECAUSE IT'SSO CONFUSING AND THEY REALLYCOULDN'T NAVIGATE IT.LAURA SAW THAT DETR MADE ERRORSWHICH WERE HOLDING UP HERFRIEND'S BENEFITS AND HELPED TOGET THEM RESOLVED.2:25 D: SHE'S NOT WAITING FORANY MORE MONEY.L: NO, SHE'S RECEIVINGBENEFITS.WHICH MADE THE APPEARANCE OFTHESE THREE RANDOM LETTERSEVEN STRANGER.2:42 LAURA: TOTALLY DIFFERENTPEOPLE, DIFFERENT NAMES, THATSHE HAD NEVER HEARD OF.SHE'S LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOROVER 18 YEARS.SO, IT'S VERY SUSPICIOUS.DARCY STAND-UP: THE THREELETTERS WERE SENT TO A HOME INTHIS GATED COMMUNITY IN THESOUTHWEST VALLEY.YOU CAN FEEL THE DEBIT CARDSINSIDE.IF IT'S FRAUD, THE FRAUDSTERISN'T GETTING THE MONEY, MAKINGLAURA THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY AMAJOR DETR MISTAKE.4:21 D: WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSEIF IT IS FRAUD?

LAURA: WELL, IFIT IS FRAUD, I JUST DON'TUNDERSTAND HOW THREE DIFFERENTPEOPLE WITH COMPLETELYDIFFERENT NAMES WOULD BE AT HERADDRESS.IT DOESN'T ADD UP.DETR WOULDN'T ANSWER OURQUESTIONS.INSTEAD, THEY SENT A STATEMENTSAYING, "WHILE WE UNDERSTANDAND ACKNOWLEDGE CLAIMANTS'FRUSTRATION AND THE NEED THEYMAY FEEL TO SHARE THEIRINFORMATION WITH THE MEDIA INORDER TO HAVE THEIR SPECIFICISSUES ADDRESSED, WE CANNOTPROVIDE COMMENTS REGARDINGINQUIRIES RELATED TO PARTICULARCLAIMANT SCENARIOS." SO ALLWE CAN DO IS ASK FORMERINSIDERS LIKE LAURA HOWSOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN.SHE SAYS SHE SAW A LOT OFERRORS DURING HER TIME AT DETR.13:51 LAURA: ESPECIALLY WHENYOU'RE DEALING WITH TWO MONITORSCREENS AND SOMETIMES YOU CANHAVE FOUR CLAIMS, WHICH CANEASILY MAKE AN ERROR.YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY LAURAIS SPEAKING ON HER FRIEND'SBEHALF.IT'S THE SAME REASON THE FRIENDDIDN'T REPORT THE LETTERS ASPOSSIBLE FRAUD.3:27 LAURA: SHE WAS ALSO AFRAIDTHAT IF SHE REPORTEDIT--BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT ITMIGHT BE FRAUD--THAT THEY MIGHTCOME AFTER HER.BUTT TO 5:04 IF UNEMPLOYMENTWANTS TO GO AFTER SOMEONE, IT'SVERY POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN.SHE'S SPEAKING FROM PERSONALEXPERIENCE.8:31 LAURA: TWO DAYS AFTER IWROTE A LETTER IN THE NEVADANEWS REGARDING THEUNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND HOWCONVOLUTED IT WAS AND THEERRORS AND EVERYTHING, MY PUACLAIM WAS STOPPED.BENEFITS SHE'D BEEN RECEIVINGAFTERTHE TRAVEL AGENCY WHERE SHE NOWWORKS AS AN INDEPENDENTCONTRACTOR CLOSED DUE TO COVID.8:53 LAURA: I GOT SENT A LETTERSAYING I MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FORREGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICHTHEY ALREADY DENIED ME.SO I AM NOW IN NO STATUS.I CANNOT FILE ON EITHER CLAIM,I CANNOT GET THROUGH TO ANYONEAND I AM BASICALLY WITHOUT ANYBENEFITS AT THIS POINT.D: YOU BELIEVE IT'S MORE THANCOINCIDENTAL TIMING?

LAURA: OH,ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY!

9:36 ITHINK THAT THEY RETALIATED.PUA CLAIMANT PATRICK LUCEROBELIEVES THIS IS NO CONSPIRACYTHEORY.HE THINKS RETALIATION ANDWRONGDOING ARE ALIVE AND WELLWHILE DETR IS SENDING THREEDEBIT CARDS TO RANDOM PEOPLE ATTHE WRONG ADDRESS, PEOPLE LIKEPATRICK CAN'T EVEN GET THE ONETHEY'RE TOLD THEY QUALIFY FOR.17:31 PATRICK: IT'S NO REST.NO SLEEP.IT'S DESPAIR.IT'S UNEASINESS ABOUT EVERYDAY.YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND SOME KINDOF HOPE EVERY DAY.AND TO FIGHT SOMETIMES IT GETSDIFFICULT.SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T WANTTO GET OUT OF BED.ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE AND INACTIONSPURRED AN ONGOING LAWSUITAGAINST DETR THAT'S PLAYING OUTIN WASHOE COUNTY COURT.IT COVERS CLAIMANTS LIKEPATRICK, DESCRIBED AS ONE OFMORE THAN 45,000 WHOARE CAUGHT IN WHAT THE COURTCALLS THE PUA/UI WHIRLPOOL.PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GETTINGANYTHING BECAUSE, THE LAWSUITSAYS "DETR COULD NOT DECIDEWHICH OF TWOPROGRAMS TO PAY UNDER." MANYHAVE ENDURED FIVE MONTHS ORMORE WITHOUT A PAYCHECK.18:59 PATRICK: TO DELAY ANYFURTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO CAUSEFAMILIES TO LOSE THEIR HOMES.PATRICK'S CONCERNS ARE EVENECHOED BY AN ALORICA CALLCENTER STAFFER.ON AUG.5, PATRICK HIT THELOTTERY--MEANING HE WAS LUCKYENOUGH TO GET THROUGH TO AREPRESENTATIVE ON THEPHONE--WHO REVIEWED HIS CLAIMAND MADE THIS NOTE.SHE WROTE: "CLAIMANT IS A GIGWORKER, A SALESMAN ON THESTRIP, AND IS NOT ELIGIBLE FORUI.THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVEDIMMEDIATELY.THIS ISSUE HAS TRIGGERED ACTIVEISSUES UNDER PAYMENT SUMMARY.7:24 PATRICK: SHE PUTS IN ANOTE: URGENT.BUTT TO 7:50 ASAP PAY THECLAIM.THE CALL CENTER STAFFER WROTE:"ACTIVE ISSUES MUST BE REMOVEDSEPARATELY SO THAT PAYMENT CANPROCESS.AGAIN, PLEASE REMOVE THESEACTIVE ISSUES SO THAT BENEFITCAN BE RECEIVED ASAP." BUTINSTEAD OF DOING WHAT THE NOTEDIRECTS, DETR DENIED PATRICK'SPUA CLAIM JUST DAYS AFTER THEYWERE INSTRUCTED TOPAY IT.1:20 PATRICK: I KNOW THATTHEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TODENY CLAIMS.JUST NOT MAKE PAYMENT.AS A COMBAT VETERAN WHO SERVEDIN THE ARMY, PATRICK SAYSNOTHING COMPARES TO THISBATTLE.3:08 PATRICK: SEND ME TOAFGHANISTAN OR BOSNIA.I'D RATHER TAKE BULLETS THANTO TAKE CRAP FROM THESE FOLKS.DARCY SPEARS, 13 INVESTIGATES.NEW AT -6-.... FIRST...IT WAS TO