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Central Ohioans Charged With Wrongly Taking Jobless Benefits

Nine central Ohio residents are accused of stealing from the state's unemployment fund.Franklin County prosecutors say the group is charged with collecting unemployment insurance benefits from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services even though they were working full- or part-time jobs.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.