OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – “It is robust out right here and we want our cash,” mentioned one Oklahoman Benjamin Casteel.
Casteel was simply considered one of over 100 folks lined up on the OESC workplace on Lincoln Blvd. Monday morning.
Many had been pissed off after realizing their unemployment debit card account was unexpectedly disabled.
“It is mentally draining,” mentioned one other man in line, Charles Edward Dillahunty III.
Out-of-work Oklahomans saying they want the cash for lease, gasoline, and to place meals on the desk.
“It has been extraordinarily robust and irritating,” mentioned Casteel.
“My Way2Go card, they mentioned has been mounted twice, and it has not been,” mentioned one other resident Daniel Wright.
Wright, together with many others, is hoping to get again to work as quickly as he can, however within the meantime, he is ready to get this situation mounted.
“It takes a whole lot of time from discovering jobs, it takes a whole lot of time from doing one thing productive to return out right here and wait in these large traces to get these items carried out,” he mentioned.
The OESC saying over the weekend they’re trying into potential fraud.
We reached out Monday, and Govt Director Shelley Zumwalt was not accessible for an on-camera interview, however despatched this assertion:
“OESC is continuous to work via the fraud verify course of that started this weekend. Whereas all accounts that had their Way2Go playing cards stopped had been flagged for some kind of suspicious exercise, the company understands there’s the potential that some claimants whose accounts are usually not fraudulent have been caught on this course of.
Claimants who want to substantiate their identification might name OESC’s customer support at 405-525-1500 or go to their native OESC workplace with their identification to unlock their accounts. As well as, for claimants ready exterior of the OESC workplace on Lincoln Blvd, OESC is at present establishing extra staffing to help with their particular person requests to unlock their accounts. This extra employees will probably be accessible at the moment to help as many claimants as potential.
All claimants who’re in a position to affirm their identification will have the ability to entry their accounts between 1 and three enterprise days from their request.”
Nevertheless, with federal advantages ending in two weeks, these in line Monday mentioned they do not have time to attend.
“In two weeks, this will probably be over with, so these final checks, are most likely simply as necessary as the primary ones,” mentioned Casteel.
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