By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
LINCOLN PARK — A Kentucky con artist filed for unemployment benefits in their southern state using the identity of a 60-year-old Lincoln Park woman, the victim reported Aug. 31 to local police.
She said she received a letter in the mail from Kentucky officials stating that she was not eligible for unemployment compensation. A local police officer advised her to contact the Kentucky agency to alert them to the attempted fraud.