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Welfare fraud is the act of illegally using state welfare systems by knowingly withholding or giving information to obtain more funds than would otherwise be allocated. This article deals with welfare fraud in various countries of the world, and includes many social benefit programs such as food assistance, housing, unemployment benefits ...
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the system of unemployment benefits was expanded in such a way that it enabled self-employed people to get weekly checks. Few safeguards were in place to prevent ineligible people from getting these checks. [4] This led to massive fraud, reaching around $20 billion, [5] "perhaps the largest fraud wave in ...
The Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA), formerly known as The Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS), [1] is the administrator of defined-benefit pension and insurance plans for most of Kentucky's state and county employees and retirees.
That’s according to unemployment data released by the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The November unemployment rate of 5.1% was up a tenth from October and up November 2023's 4.3% ...
Migrant workers: Kentucky farm withheld payment, retaliated against them over complaints. Taylor Six. December 13, 2023 at 9:00 AM. Charles Bertram/2017 staff file photo.
Insurance fraud refers to any intentional act committed to deceive or mislead an insurance company during the application or claims process, or the wrongful denial of a legitimate claim by an insurance company. It occurs when a claimant knowingly attempts to obtain a benefit or advantage they are not entitled to receive, or when an insurer ...
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
The unemployment insurance program is a benefit for workers who have lost their jobs. The maximum duration of benefits has increased from 26 to 99 weeks in some states. Unemployment extensions across the U.S. are typically not a concern due to stringent policies that state unemployment agencies have enacted in recent years.