The Department of Justice’s National Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force has launched a one-stop connection to the Federal Trade Commission, Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor to provide victims with quick access to resources needed to file an unemployment fraud report in all 50 states.
The NUIFTF project involved key federal agencies, including the office of inspector general, FBI and the Secret Service. The 1-page alert had been under development since last fall, when unemployment imposters started using stolen identities to file for unemployment benefits in Florida and across the country.
Orlando Special Agent in Charge Caroline O’Brien-Buster told News 6 the pandemic has triggered an “unemployment fraud crisis” in