By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the country were bombarded with so many claims during the pandemic that many struggled to distinguish the correct from the criminal. Now, simple tax forms — barely enough to fill a half-sheet of paper — are revealing the extent of the identity theft that made state-run unemployment offices lucrative targets for fraud after millions of people lost their jobs during the pandemic. Unemployment benefits are taxable, so government agencies must send a tax form — known as a 1099-G — to people who received the benefits so they […]
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