government benefits

SEATTLE (AP) — A former soldier who lied his way to a Purple Heart and hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle issued the sentence Thursday in Tacoma, Washington, to Darryl Wright...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal worker in Seattle helped expose a case of fraud in which an Army veteran lied his way to a Purple Heart and hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits. Her reward? The agency she worked for repeatedly tried to punish her for what it said were violations of the man's privacy...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An audit by Washington officials has revealed many people in county jails are receiving unemployment benefits they're ineligible for. A report Monday by the state Auditor's office says the audit scrutinized eight county jails and identified 1,911 potential overpayments worth about $656,000 from July 1, 2013 to Sept. 30,...