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Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
An audit released previously put that number at $3.8 billion.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
'It’s time to fix this mess and provide Ohioans with an unemployment system that is responsive to their needs and secure against the crooks that exploit its weaknesses'
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Jason Scott
It's been months since she was approved and yet, her benefits have not arrived.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 7:26 PM EDT
|By Jason Scott and Brian Planalp
How long will claimants have to wait before they get their money back? ODJFS isn’t saying.
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Updated: Jul. 3, 2021 at 9:44 AM EDT
|By Chris Riva and Jason Scott
More victims have spoken regarding fraud problems in the latest Ohio unemployment system.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 8:31 PM EDT
|By Chris Riva and Jason Scott
ODJFS reportedly refuses to accept blame for the account hacks, and it’s unclear whether it will pay the victims what they’re owed.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Jason Scott and Chris Riva
Cybersecurity experts call the hack an account takeover or an account hi-jacking.
Updated: May. 17, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Jared Goffinet and Trevor Peters
The totals were released by ODJFS on Monday.
Updated: May. 3, 2021 at 1:32 PM EDT
|By Jason Scott and Chris Riva
Ohio's auditor says if fraud numbers had been revealed sooner, it could have saved millions of dollars and protected thousands.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2021 at 10:30 AM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
ODJFS says there are two fake websites in question.
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Updated: Apr. 23, 2021 at 10:54 AM EDT
|By Jason Scott
State unemployment officials say the average wait time on the phone is now less than 10 minutes.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Tori Gessner
The audit also revealed 37 state employees filed for jobless benefits for “loss of a part-time job” despite being full-time employees of the commonwealth.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2021 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Chris Riva and Jason Scott
The latest data released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services shows the new claims are decreasing dramatically.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Chris Riva
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services believes at least 29,000 of last week’s claims are fraudulent.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 6:06 PM EST
|By Brian Planalp
The cyberattack reportedly used random login names in an attempt to “overwhelm” the site.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 4:28 PM EST
|By Jason Scott and Chris Riva
A spike in the number of traditional unemployment claims filed last week is suspected to be the result of fraudulent activity.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 6:19 PM EST
|By Chris Riva
ODJFS Director Kimberely Henderson said approximately 100,000 fraudulent PUA claims in December were stopped.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2021 at 3:20 PM EST
|By Jared Goffinet
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services lists three steps to help those who suspect they might be victims of identity theft.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 10:17 PM EST
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
Thousands of 1099-G forms were sent out to those who never applied for unemployment, indicating fraud.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2021 at 12:31 PM EST
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
About 1.7 million 1099-G forms will be sent to Ohioans this month.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 6:14 PM EST
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
More than 166,000 Ohioans could be affected.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 1:58 PM EDT
|By Kim Schupp
The Ohio unemployment office is working to determine whether they mistakenly paid out unemployment benefits they believe were fraudulent.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 12:54 PM EDT
|By Jared Goffinet
Thee claims were put on hold after ODJFS says patterns of suspicious behavior were discovered