Connecticut Department of Labor

Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) says its office is being flooded with unemployment fraud. Bad actors are using stolen personal information to file for unemployment benefits.

The Connecticut Department of Labor is issuing a warning about a new text scam targeting people collecting unemployment. According to the CT DOL, the text scam tells filers to verify their identity in order to process their unemployment payment. The text appears to be a message from ReEmployCT, but sends user to a web address that ends in .net to…

The state Department of Labor is reminding residents to be careful of text scams that include links to fake websites that look like unemployment pages. The department said some of these links appear to be the unemployment benefits login page, but it’s really just a scam. Text messages that seem to be coming from the DOL may read “Connecticut’s...

“This is not true. This is fraudulent,” said Richard Milluzzo, with Milluzzo & Company, P.C. Certified Public Accountants. In his 30 years of business in Newington, Milluzzo has never laid off one employee, but on Thursday, he received a claim from the Connecticut Department of Labor, stating a 15-year employee, who is still employed, had filed for unemployment. “It says…

There’s an updated system to help people file for unemployment benefits. It was launched Tuesday and replaces 40-year-old technology.

A 40-year-old system is being replaced with a new online medium to file unemployment claims.