ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida residents who have received unemployment benefit notices or deposits from states like Massachusetts, Arizona and Pennsylvania, may be “unwitting” accomplices in a major scheme to steal jobless benefits and small business loans from every state in the U.S., according to the U.S.
Secret Service Orlando office.News 6 started tracking cases that involved of out-of-state benefits delivered to Florida residents in May and June.
The first known case was reported on June 15 when News 6 viewer Monica DaSilva received approval for unemployment benefits from the state of Massachusetts.In all, News 6 has uncovered more than a dozen cases of stolen identities and fraud both in state and out of state.Special Agent Roy Dotson Jr..