Much of pandemic unemployment fraud was organized, investigation finds 

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The pandemic, and the federally boosted unemployment insurance payouts, led to what may turn out to be the biggest fraud wave in U.S. history, with fraudsters filing bogus claims in record-high volumes.  But the problem extends far beyond a plague of solo scammers. A ProPublica investigation reveals that much of the fraud has been organized—both

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