AGC of Washington has received some fraudulent unemployment-benefit claims for individuals currently employed with AGC. Upon further investigation, it appears to be an issue for many companies across many industries in Washington State. We recently spoke with a representative from the state's Employment Security Department’s Fraud (ESDF) division and they said that each individual with a fraudulent claim must individually contact ESDF at 1 (800) 246-9763 or send an email to esdfraud@esd.wa.gov and provide the following information: Name Last four SS# digits Date of birth Home address The individual must either state (if calling) or write (if emailing) the following: “My employer told me that someone is filing a claim on my benefit account. Please deny and cancel the claim.” If ESDF determines that a claim week was filed and paid out, then the individual will receive a notice from ESDF. If no monies were paid out, then they will lock the claim
and no notice will be sent out. For the employer, on the Employment Security Separation Notice (the notice that the employer uses to respond back to Employment Security about a claimant), ESDF suggests that the employer attach the below notice and fax back to ESDF.
Fax: 1 (800) 301-1796 Date: _______________________________ Fraudulent Claim Claimant instructed to contact office of special investigations. (Company name) (Company contact) (Company contact email) (Company contact phone)
Please do not hesitate to call me with any questions.
David
D'Hondt Executive Vice President AGC of Washington
AGC of Washington, 1200 Westlake Avenue N, Suite 301, SEATTLE, WA 98109-3528, United States
