Thomas believed IDES stopped the fraud when she first reported it last May. Four months later, after speaking to agency representatives, she thought her issue had been resolved. Eventually, she got a call back from another representative. Instead of getting the money she was owed back, she was told that check was released - but not to her.Thomas said she mailed in her tracer forms in October of 2021. By December, an IDES representative told her the agency couldn't find them.
At the time, the IDES spokesperson and a FOIA officer repeatedly claimed the agency did not track the data and refused to provide redacted copies of the tracer forms, saying it would be burdensome to do so. As a result, on March 31 IDES was forced to send the data to CBS 2. It contains information on more than 1,000 tracers that were filed by claimants from January 2021 through March of this year. That's more than 1,000 times IDES paid people back, after they reported they never received their benefits.
Thomas is one of the claimants still waiting for a resolution. In a recent interview with CBS 2 -- a full year since her benefits were stolen -- she has contacted IDES multiple times. While she has not received her money, she said an IDES representative told her she could be paid in the next few months. She's not alone. Shonda Perkins is waiting on more than $800 after she said her unemployment benefits were intercepted by a fraudster.
They spent it at Gucci, Louis, Burberry... How about looking into potential money laundering on Michigan Ave with cash payments for high-value luxury goods?
Who is being held accountable?
This state is a disaster 🤦🏼♀️
Fraudsters are on the inside, processing the paperwork....duh. inside jobs.
abluecanary Nothing to see here....move along....
That’s probably just the people who actually got thru to report it. Many probably gave up because reaching IDES was next to impossible. Had to sit by the phone and wait days for a callback. If you missed it, you had to start over.
Turn over more rocks, sure there was plenty more out there.
Oh you gotta love the “Windy City” 🤣🤣🤣
Super pathetic
They have a long way to go to equal California’s EDD debacle.
Just 1.2 million? Not good, but could’ve been worse!
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