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Washington recovers $300M in fraudulent unemployment claims

May 29, 2020 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington recovers $300M in fraudulent unemployment claims

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington officials say the state has recovered $300 million paid to criminals who used stolen personal information to file fraudulent unemployment benefit claims. Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine said that […]

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Huge Washington unemployment fraud warning to other states

May 28, 2020 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Huge Washington unemployment fraud warning to other states

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s race to help newly laid-off residents as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy left it vulnerable to fraud. Last week officials hinted at the scope of the damage done: hundreds […]

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‘Hundreds of millions’ in bogus jobless benefits paid out

May 22, 2020 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘Hundreds of millions’ in bogus jobless benefits paid out

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in Washington state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits. Employment Security Department Commissioner Suzi LeVine […]

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Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Unemployment Fruad

May 20, 2020 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office Warns of Unemployment Fruad

The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office is getting reports of Unemployment Fraud. They offer some tips if this happens to you. 1. Contact your employer to make sure they are aware of the fraud. 2. File […]

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Culver Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Statewide Identity Theft and Fraud Spree

May 8, 2020 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Culver Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Statewide Identity Theft and Fraud Spree

PORTLAND, Ore.—Garrett Luke Pruitt Rexroad, 29, of Culver, Oregon, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and four years’ supervised release for a yearlong identity theft and fraud spree that spanned seven Oregon counties and […]

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