WAC 192-220-045   How is the fraud penalty calculated? -- RCW 50.20.070.  (1) The department will assess the penalty established under RCW 50.20.070 for second, third, or subsequent occurrences of fraud based on a percentage of benefits paid for those weeks in which the fraud occurred or that were paid as a result of fraud. The penalty will not apply to other weeks that may be included in the same eligibility decision.

     (a) For a second occurrence, the penalty is twenty-five percent of benefits overpaid.

     (b) For a third or subsequent occurrence, the penalty is fifty percent of benefits overpaid.

     (2) The penalty amount, if not a multiple of one dollar, is rounded up to the next higher dollar.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 50.12.010, 50.12.040, and 50.20.010. 07-23-128, § 192-220-045, filed 11/21/07, effective 1/1/08.]