The complex scheme used stolen data from citizens, including social security numbers, to file false claims on behalf of workers who may not even have lost their jobs, according to reports.
FBI believe the false claims were filed in the state of Washington, and in six other states - Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Wyoming.
State unemployment departments reportedly lost over $100 million to the elaborate scheme.
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Roy Dotson, a special agent at the Secret Service said,
"We are actively running down every lead we are getting."They also fear the attackers must have amassed reams of personal identifying information in order to have carried out such a broad hit on state unemployment systems.
Signs of fraud have reportedly flashed across the north America country.
And confused workers and business owners in Washington state have flooded officials there with calls about unemployment notifications that were sent to them even though they hadn’t made claims.
Suzi LeVine, the commissioner of the Employment Security Department in Washington state, said
“This is a gut punch."
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