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nonethewiserlast Friday at 4:03 PM1 replyview on HN

He just collected unemployment while vacationing for months? Was that fraud or just how the system worked?


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6LLvveMx2koXfwnlast Friday at 4:07 PM

There were almost no checks - he was, in theory, 'available for work'. The system is very different now - in part because it used to be too easy to take advantage of . . .