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County Government Employees Increasingly Target of Identity Fraud

March 5th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

A large number of Allegany County government employees have been subject to identify fraud related to unemployment claims, and the state’s Labor Department has been notified. During the regular business meeting of the County Commissioners, administrator Jason Bennett read a letter into the record that has been sent to Secretary Tiffany Robinson alerting the office to the problem…

 

On top of the false claims being made, affected employees are having no success in getting help from Labor Department personnel…