Comments on: Lawmakers Look To Curb Unemployment Fraud http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jack http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud/comment-page-1#comment-316149 jack Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:39:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=242218#comment-316149 Tougher penalties won't deter a person who doesn't believe he wll get caught. Focus on vetting. Tougher penalties won’t deter a person who doesn’t believe he wll get caught. Focus on vetting.

]]> By: rex stouffer http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud/comment-page-1#comment-316120 rex stouffer Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:22:33 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=242218#comment-316120 I find it incomprehensible Local, State and Federal Government agencies don't use the same dynamic knowledge based authentication challenge/answer system to verify someones identity as most financial institutions do. What criminal would have the time to find out what street you never lived on or what color your 1994 Chevy Pick-up was? I find it incomprehensible Local, State and Federal Government agencies don’t use the same dynamic knowledge based authentication challenge/answer system to verify someones identity as most financial institutions do. What criminal would have the time to find out what street you never lived on or what color your 1994 Chevy Pick-up was?

]]> By: 429SCJ http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud/comment-page-1#comment-316114 429SCJ Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:37:35 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=242218#comment-316114 Put these people on a chain gang for several years, not simply a slap on the wrist. Liberals want to have it both ways and this cannot be. Without order, there is only anarchy and corruption, Put these people on a chain gang for several years, not simply a slap on the wrist.

Liberals want to have it both ways and this cannot be.

Without order, there is only anarchy and corruption,

]]> By: Melodies4us http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud/comment-page-1#comment-316065 Melodies4us Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:12:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=242218#comment-316065 Undocumented foreigners are prolific in central and south Florida. They have insiders working with them and coaching them . This happened to me, only it wasn't unemployment related. Someone had all my info, and used my Blue Cross and pretened they were me. This person had a heart procedure in Venice Florida. Undocumented foreigners are prolific in central and south Florida. They have insiders working with them and coaching them . This happened to me, only it wasn’t unemployment related. Someone had all my info, and used my Blue Cross and pretened they were me. This person had a heart procedure in Venice Florida.

]]> By: Jcellops http://www.northescambia.com/2016/02/lawmakers-look-to-curb-unemployment-fraud/comment-page-1#comment-316052 Jcellops Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:26:16 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=242218#comment-316052 So, no jail time for a conviction with this new bill- just a ban from applying for unemployment benefits in the future? maybe the RICO portion of the bill is supposed to handle the ACTUAL jail time penalties- apparently, according to what I'm reading here, this bill would "increase penalties"- which leads me to believe that currently, criminals don't have to worry about going to jail/prison- as the law stands now....wow, no wonder the rate of identity theft, leading to unemployment fraud, has exploded. So, no jail time for a conviction with this new bill- just a ban from applying for unemployment benefits in the future? maybe the RICO portion of the bill is supposed to handle the ACTUAL jail time penalties- apparently, according to what I’m reading here, this bill would “increase penalties”- which leads me to believe that currently, criminals don’t have to worry about going to jail/prison- as the law stands now….wow, no wonder the rate of identity theft, leading to unemployment fraud, has exploded.

]]>