Michigan Man Files Unemployment Claims And Scams The State Out Of Thousands Of Dollars Using Kim Kardashian And Kylie Jenner’s Name
Y’all won’t believe this. A Michigan man came up on some illegal money after filing unemployment claims under Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner’s famous names!
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According to TMZ, a man whose name has not yet been released, reportedly filed a couple of unemployment claims back in May 2020 under “Kimberly Kardashian” and “Kylie Jenner” with an address in Traverse City, a few hours northwest of Detroit. The man successfully managed to get 8 weeks of backdated unemployment pay — more than $7,000 each since nobody checked if the claims were legit before paying “Kimberly” and “Kylie.”
TMZ notes that the money hit the bank accounts just days before the state’s fraud management software flagged the claims because the agency needed additional ID verification. However, by then it was just too late. The Detroit News reports that the agency has approved thousands of claims at the height of the pandemic even knowing that nearly 10% would be fraudulent claims. So why approve all of those claims? Well…
They the agency believes that if it took the time to go through it all and ID fraudulent claims, it would have held up thousands of legit claims, TMZ notes.
Despite all of this, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has tried to crack down on this. So far, 13 have been charged for schemes in the state’s unemployment system. As of right now, the state Attorney General said it’s investigating dozens of other cases. It was said that the unemployment agency has fired 10 employees.
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