Georgia investigators have charged a former payroll administrator with orchestrating a wide-ranging unemployment insurance (UI) fraud scheme that exploited identity verification gaps during periods of high claim volume. According to the Georgia Department of Labor and federal prosecutors, the defendant used stolen personal information to submit dozens of fraudulent UI claims tied to fabricated employment […]
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