Crime & Safety
Meriden Man Fraudulently Collected $68g in Unemployment Benefits
Police say the man stole a California resident's social security number.
Police say Maurici Perez, 38, of Cherry Street, allegedly collected $68,000 of unemployment benefits using a stolen social security number from a California resident, WTNH News 8 reports.
Perez collected the benefits from 2002-13 when he was not allowed to work in the United States.
Read the full News 8 story here.
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