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I think something big is brewing in the Old Line State. 

MARY-LAND OF THE FRAUD 

I was catching up with a friend shortly after Christmas when he asked if I was aware of the “massive unemployment fraud” in Maryland. 

I couldn’t say that I was. But my friend indicated that he heard scammers had stolen millions of dollars from the state and its taxpayers by applying for unemployment benefits with stolen identities. 

Then, on Jan. 10, the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits released a report indicating that the state had overpaid $807.4 million in unemployment benefits and that $760 million of those payments were unrecoverable. 

Alarm bells started going off in my head. 

Surely these weren’t just clerical errors? If they were, why was so much of the money unable to be recovered? 

The Maryland Labor Department notes on its website that “overpayments can occur for several reasons, including unreported wages, changes in work availability, or identity theft or fraud committed by a third party, which was........

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