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180 in SC Received $10K in Jobless Overpayments

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s unemployment agency says it has identified 180 people who fraudulently received at least $10,000 each in unearned jobless benefits.

The Department of Employment and Workforce is working with the U.S. Labor Department and the state attorney general’s office to investigate and prosecute unemployment insurance fraud.