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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – When unemployment skyrocketed, the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions was overwhelmed. The agency wasn’t staffed to answer every phone call, people faced problems getting claims approved, new programs were created, and the agency overpaid thousands of New Mexicans. Then, there was fraud.
KRQE News 13 has learned more and more people are coming forward to report they’ve become victims of identity theft related to unemployment fraud. While tens of thousands of New Mexicans needed unemployment assistance in the pandemic, fraudsters were also busy filing bogus unemployment claims.
“I didn’t know where to start, I had no idea what to do,” said Mark Maydew. Maydew is the Chief Financial Officer for Duke City Urgent Care in Albuquerque, and he’s not alone in learning someone filed a fraudulent unemployment claim under his…
