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Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate WLWT5 reported that some pandemic unemployment payments suddenly paused during a ‘potential fraud investigation’, leading to mounting complaints regarding Ohio’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA program, and stalled payments.
The PUA program helps self-employed workers, 1099 tax filers and part-time workers receive benefits.
People across the state said they were locked out of their accounts and now have fraud holds, blocking their weekly unemployment benefit payments.
People across the state said they were locked out of their accounts and now have fraud holds, blocking their weekly unemployment benefit payments.
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has confirmed a potential fraud investigation with unemployment.
This could be a sign of things to come, nationwide.
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