Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in Washington to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits, the head of the state’s Employment Security Dept. says.
More than 1.1 million people in Washington have filed for unemployment benefits since businesses started closing in March due to COVID-19, but state officials said Thursday they believe some portion of an increase in claims seen in the past week are due to so-called “impostor fraud” claims.
“These are very sophisticated criminals who have pretty robust collections of information on people, and they are activating and monetizing that information,” she said. Levine noted that Washington's state's weekly maximum benefit — the second highest in the nation — plus the additional federal weekly money"does make us a more attractive target overall.”
“It is a broad spectrum of employers in both the public and the private sector who have had this impacting their employees,” LeVine said.
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