New York: Defendant charged with submitting 250 unemployment applications, for $1.4 million of fraudulent payments, using the same security answer.

New York: Defendant charged with submitting 250 unemployment applications, for $1.4 million of fraudulent payments, using the same security answer.

Defendant used his pet name of “Benji” as his security question answer. He also used the same IP address.

The defendant did this for over a year.

This is the type of “red flag” analysis that algorithms like our firm install which automatically detect this sort of behavior.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/defendant-charged-14-million-covid-19-fraud-scheme