Claims frozen in fraud investigation

Panic is setting in for claimants whose unemployment insurance benefits were frozen in a recent fraud investigation.

The first of the month is days away and many have bills to pay with no way of accessing their accounts.

INVOLVING THE STATEUNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM.

HUNDREDSOF PEOPLE SAY THEIR ACCOUNTSWERE WRONGLY SUSPENDED.

WMAR-2NEWS MALLORY SOFASTAII TELLSUS HOW THESE CLAIMANTS FOUGHTFOR WEEKS TO GET THEIRBENEFITS ..

ONLY TO HAVE THSUDDENLY TAKEN AWAY ..

AND HOWTHIS HAS SET THEM BACK ITHEIR EFFORTS TO REBOUNúúPANIC IS SETTING IN FOR THECLAIMANTS WHOSE BENEFITS WEREFROZEN IN THE FRAUDINVESTIGATION.

THE FIRST OFTHE MONTH IS DAYS AWAY & MANYHAVE BILLS TO PAY AND STILLWAY TO ACCESS THEIR ACCOUNTS.EMAIL AFTER EMAIL ..

FROMCLAIMANTS WHOSE BENEFITS WEREABRUPTLY CUT OFF ..

AND HAVEBEEN TRYING FOR WEEKS TO GETTHEM BACK Kim Rowland: 1;15 Iwent to use the card to remothe funds and I was told theaccount had been closed.

THEUNCOVERING OF A MASSIVE FRAUDSCHEME TRIGGERED THEDEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO PUT AFREEZE ON THOUSANDS OFACCOUNTS ..

SOME OF THEMBELONGING TO LEGITIMATECLAIMANTS HOGAN 50:47 a fewreal people who really neededbenefits got caught up in thatbecause we had to put a holdon all those payments :07 THEGOVERNOR SAYING IN A NEWSCONFERENCE ..

THOSE BENEFIWOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RESTOREDHOGAN: 51:06 I think thosepeople will be taken care ofright away :02 KR: 1:44 wellitIthe mail, email, I havengotten a new card and Ihave*Teresa Usher: 2:46 thernothing you can do you jufeel so lost :02 AND WELEARNED ITPEOPLE IMPACTED.

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A SPOKESWOMAN WITH THEDEPARTMENT OF LABOR WRITING“hundreds of out-of- stateclaims [are] being verifiedand reinstated each da” IN ABLOG POST BY THE VENDOR THATCREATED THE BEACON ONE-STOPWEBSITE ..

SAGITEC SOLUTIONSAID IT WORKED WITH MDOL TO“IMMEDIATELY FREEZE ALL OUT-OF-STATE ACCOUNT” ..

ANDSIMILAR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITWAS DETECTED IN MARYLANDSTATE CLAIMS KR: 2:24 Ilived out of state, Ihere consistently workingself-employed for 15 years andI d:08 2:58 now Iof foreclosure :02 KIM ROWLASENT IN THE DOCUMENTS NEEDEDTO VERIFY HER IDENTITY & BUTSHE HASNBE REVIEWED ..

NEITHER HASTERESA USHER WHO WAITED 10WEEKS TO GET HER BENEFITS ITHE FIRST PLACE TU: 5:24 Ilike to get everything squaredaway and go back on track.

Ihad it for 3 weeks almost, itactually worked for almost 3weeks and then it stopped soif I could get any help, Ireally thank you :13 WE ASKEDTHE DEPARTMENT HOW MANY OF THE47,500 BOGUS CLAIMS WERELEGITIMATE & BUT THEY DID NOTSAY.

A SPOKESWOMAN SAID THEINVESTIGATION IS ONGOING ANDTHEY'VE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONALCASES OF FRAUDULENTDOCUMENTATION.

THEY HAVE A TEAMOF SPECIALISTS FOCUSING SOLELYON MANUALLY VERIFYINGINFORMATION TO REINSTATELEGITIMATE ACCOUNTS AS QUICKLYAS POSSIBLE.AND HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE