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Podcast: Fraudology Podcast with Karisse Hendrick
Episode: This Dumb Online Criminal Used Fake IDs and Cheap Fake Wigs
Description: This episode is sponsored by SEON.Eric Jaklitchs filed for unemployment benefits from the state of California 78+ times, all using stolen identities. Of those 78+ claims, 68 of them were approved. One might think that to successfully steal $900,000 USD, he would have to be a sophisticated criminal. However, his tactics were anything but sophisticated. And, are actually, pretty humorous.When it is fairly simple to steal from an organization, who is more to blame? In total, it has been estimated that the United States Covid relief programs lost over $100 Billion due to fraud since April 2020...