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10/15/2020
'So Hard To Prove You Exist': Flawed Fraud Protections Deny Unemployment To Millions
NPR News
Fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits have been a problem for a long time, and states have set up systems to try to prevent such fraud. But lost in that effort is arguably a bigger problem: Some of those systems have hurt millions of innocent people, keeping the benefits they deserve in limbo.
They're people like Sevy Guasch, who lost his job as a food and beverage manager at a Marriott hotel near San Jose, Calif. In March, he applied for unemployment benefits. He went online, entered his information, and waited. And waited.
He couldn't get through on the phone. After more than a month, Guasch was told to mail in more proof of his identity.
"My driver's license, my picture of my passport, my copy of my W-2."
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