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Posted on 10/05/2013 5:28:58 AM PDT by massmike
A staggering 127 state prison inmates have been caught stealing unemployment pay while behind bars in the past three years, labor department officials revealed yesterday after days of Herald inquiries — then admitted some of the cases were never passed on to the Attorney General’s office for prosecution.
The Herald began inquiring about prisoners pulling jobless pay after a front-page story Tuesday reported that Kevin Smith, 42, of Mattapan, a laid-off construction worker and convicted robber, scored $58,000 in unemployment dough while serving a two-to-three-year prison sentence at MCI-Cedar Junction.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
That is what owebama based his 100 weeks unemployment extension on.
He figured too many of his ‘brothers’/sons were getting 2-5 and wanted to cover them until they qualified for parole.
I hope they all get cost of living raises in their compensation.
Hey! This is Massachusetts! If you’re going to steal from the government, become a Democrat politician first!
Every single person processing these claims needs to go to jail. For a very long time. They should also have to pay back to the state-—along with the prisoner.
Bet you there are links between these people.
In the meantime, I can’t get my 90 year old Dad approved for unemployment benefits, after being ‘let go’ from his last job.
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