New York state is cheated out of an estimated $150 million annually by tens of thousands of New Yorkers, the Buffalo News reports.
The Buffalo News reports those cheating the system include state prison inmates, overseas vacationers and those with “off the books” jobs who claimed to unemployed.
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Grand larceny and offering a false instrument with intent to defraud are both felonies. However, 97 percent of those caught are not criminally charged, the Buffalo News reports.
