Troubleshooters update: Jenkintown man gets help with fake unemployment claim issue

A Jenkintown resident is reporting some promising information after he found a fraudulent declare for unemployment advantages was filed in his title when he obtained a fee within the mail from the Pennsylvania Division of Labor and Business.

“Over time you start to really feel victimized, traumatized, you are feeling violated, and then you definitely start to get indignant,” mentioned Frank Schlupp about his ordeal attempting to resolve the scenario.

Schlupp mentioned he was having bother getting written affirmation that the examine was returned.

As an alternative, he obtained a 1099, which is a type displaying the fee was reported to the IRS.

When Schlupp could not get a revised 1099, he got here to the Troubleshooters for assist and we then went to the state company for solutions.

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The Troubleshooters requested why Schlupp cannot get one thing in writing.

“We simply merely haven’t got something like that,” mentioned Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Division of Labor and Business Susan Dickenson. “There is not something aside from finally a revised 1099 could also be issued, however we’re nonetheless trying to see if that is a requirement or not.”

Dickenson informed us impacted taxpayers ought to merely deduct the fraudulent quantity on their very own.
“Do not anticipate the state to offer you every other revised documentation, simply transfer ahead with submitting your taxes,” she mentioned.

However then lower than 24 hours after our Troubleshooters story aired final week, Schlupp bought a cellphone name from a state investigator.

“And as we spoke, I started to really feel an increasing number of relieved,” he mentioned.

“‘Mr. Schlupp, what, I will go forward and ship you that revised 1099’, which was all I had ever requested for within the first place,” mentioned Schlupp, recalling his cellphone name with the investigator. “And I truthfully do not imagine something would have occurred had the parents right here not aired that story and investigated it additional.”

Pennsylvania has employed extra staff to assist with the backlog and with customer support. We’re informed the most effective days to name are Thursdays and Fridays.