“The United States Secret Service has received reporting of a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs.”
A “well-orchestrated” COVID-19-related fraud targeting multiple American states has been traced back to Nigeria, an internal US Secret Service memo said.
“The United States Secret Service has received reporting of a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs,” the memo said. The fraudsters then filed for unemployment claims in different states using Social Security Number and other personal identification information of their victims, which included first responders, government and school employees.
As the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic bite harder, many American states reduced the weeklong waiting period of paying unemployment claims as more people were forced out of jobs.have been out of work since the coronavirus lockdowns began in the country.
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