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Virus Outbreak-Unemployment Fraud

A person passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, California on Dec. 18, 2020. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

Some Americans are receiving tax forms saying they owe money on unemployment benefits they never received. The notices from state governments could be a sign of the extent of identity theft in the nation's state-run unemployment systems. Unemployment benefits are taxable, so government agencies must send a tax form to people who received them.

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