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Illinois Department of Employment Security lost $1.2 million in taxpayer money to fraudsters

The State of Illinois knowingly put taxpayer dollars into fraudsters' accounts – leaving those owed unemployment benefits struggling and, a year later, many still waiting on the money they're owed. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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