Bill Puts Into Law Unemployment Benefit Fraud Protections
Earlier this month, Lad Drago received an email notification from the Alabama Department of Labor saying someone had filed an unemployment insurance claim against his Spanish Fort insurance agency. He went to the state’s online system for more information. “Lo and behold, Lad Drago was the claimant, and they had my Social Security number, as well as my date of birth,” Drago said. This began hours of trying to get more information about the fraudulent claim, including telling a Department of Labor representative it was a fake. He was pointed to a claims dispute webpage. “That’s where everything really started getting frustrating,” Drago told Alabama Daily News. He said he tried multiple ways to convey to Labor that payments shouldn’t be made to the bank account set up to collect the money. He said there’s an out-of-state phone number attached to the claim and a strange email address. On Monday, he received a notice of payment on the claim. Read more. More from the Legislature this week: Bill Would Ban All Chemical Abortions in Alabama Legislature Nearing Passage of State Budgets as Session Nears End
