BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Across the state, Marylanders are receiving letters stating they owe money for overpaid unemployment insurance benefits. However, some residents are responding, saying they are victims of fraud.
Cockeysville resident Gina Cross received one of the letters from the Maryland Department of Labor, stating she owed $254 in unemployment overpayments from a claim filed in 2021. However, she said she has never filed an unemployment claim, and has been employed the whole time.
“Please fix this,” Cross said. “Obviously there’s a disconnect between who you think owes money and fraudulent applications, but they need to take time and sit down and look at everything that’s fraudulent.”…