Chalk the Walk

The Hodgenville Police Department has been contacted multiple times recently about an unemployment scam. It seems the victims and/or employers in these cases are receiving notifications that claims have been filed with their local Career Centers (Unemployment Offices) when in fact they have not. 

According to an on-line article released in February on the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce website,  this is an ongoing issue. If you have been a victim of this, please reach out to HPD and we will file a report for you. The best guidance we can offer at this time is to follow the information in this article which is:

If you think, someone has filed a UI claim in your name (i.e. you received a 1099-G form that indicates you received UI benefits, but you never filed for UI), report the identity theft fraud to all of the following entities:

• OUI by clicking (https://secure.kentucky.gov/FormServices/UI/Fraud)
• Your employer
• File a police report with your      local police department. Obtain a copy of the report that you can provide      to creditors and credit agencies.
• File a complaint with the National Center for Disaster Fraud.
• Report identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

HPD has reached out to the Elizabethtown Career Center for more information, but as of this release, they have not returned our call. We will put out more information as it becomes available.