My wife received a prepaid visa in the mail from the state for unemployment benefits.<p>It was in her maiden name but she never requested unemployment benefits.<p>When I contacted the state about it, they had an automated system with a recording for the fraud department saying they were dealing with an overwhelming number of fraud reports and to leave a message.<p>It's been several months and I never heard back from them.<p>Yeah, I can believe that 1/2 the pandemic money was stolen.
Felix Salmon's article is a bunch of hot air.<p>He even quotes a source who quotes... Felix Salmon<p><a href="https://discourseblog.com/felix-salmon-unemployment-fraud-axios/" rel="nofollow">https://discourseblog.com/felix-salmon-unemployment-fraud-ax...</a>