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Commissioner LeVine to discuss the Employment Security Department’s efforts to fight increasing imposter fraud

5/13/2020

Media Advisory

Employment Security Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 13,2020

OLYMPIA - Employment Security Department Commissioner, Suzi LeVine, will discuss the agency’s efforts to fight increasing imposter fraud in the state’s Unemployment Insurance system. She will also discuss the latest unemployment claims numbers and the agency’s initiative, Operation 100%, to get all eligible applicants’ claims resolved or paid by mid-June.

The media availability will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Thurs., May 13. If you are interested in joining, please email your name and organization to media@esd.wa.gov by 8:00 a.m., Thurs. May 14.

Background on imposter fraud

Since the end of April, the Employment Security Department has seen a significant rise in reports of imposter fraud. This is where bad actors have stolen Washingtonians’ personal information from sources outside of the agency and are using it to apply for unemployment benefits. The Employment Security Department has not had a breach of data and personal information has not been taken from the agency.

If an individual has reason to believe that someone else filed for benefits using their information, the fastest and best way to report it is to go to the Employment Security Department’s website and follow the instructions provided there to so that investigators can follow-up.

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