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Report Unemployment Fraud

Unemployment insurance fraud is a crime. You can report instances of unemployment fraud by phone, email, fax, or mail. Your name can be kept confidential.

Unemployment Insurance Fraud can include:

unemployment claimants misrepresenting information to qualify for unemployment benefits
- State Laws and Rules concerning Unemployment Benefit Fraud
employer manipulation of unemployment experience rating to obtain a lower tax rate than their unemployment experience would otherwise allow (known as SUTA dumping)
employer misclassification of employees as independent contractors to avoid payment of unemployment taxes.
employer misreporting of worker wages to avoid payment of unemployment taxes.