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Millions lost to fraudulent unemployment claims in Washington

May 22, 2020, 5:37 PM | Updated: Oct 7, 2024, 9:48 am

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been stolen from our state through fraudulent unemployment claims.

Earlier on Friday, on Seattle’s Morning News, Dave Ross spoke with the commissioner of the state Employment Security Department, and he recaps his biggest takeaways from that interview.

Why Washington state was a target for unemployment fraud

And, as conspiracy theories circulate about the “real” death toll of coronavirus, how can you sort fact from fiction and figure out the true scale of this crisis?

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