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Mississippi seeing rising cases of unemployment fraud

by Associated Press/Report for America
| June 16, 2020 12:06 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security is seeing an influx of fraudulent unemployment claims, mirroring a concerning trend across the country, Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday.

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