Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Monday morning that $9.3 million in stolen unemployment fraud was recovered from criminals who defrauded multiple states around the country.
Millions of dollars had been found in multiple bank accounts, and most of the money had been stolen during the pandemic by “sophisticated fraud rings,” according to the Attorney General.
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The fraudsters used identity data harvested from data breaches to steal tens of billions of dollars from at least 11 states, including Washington. Through the investigation, the Attorney General’s Office launched a legal effort to reclaim these funds for the state with the
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