Weeding Out Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Just Became More Difficult

Route Fifty: Scammers defrauded the state of Washington out of "hundreds of millions" of dollars by using residents’ stolen information to file claims for unemployment, the state employment office said this week.

The disclosure underscores the difficulty states face in rooting out fraudulent claims as an unprecedented number of out-of-work Americans file for unemployment because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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