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Tag: $11.4 billion EDD Fraud

CA Unemployment Agency Head Blames Trump Admin for Massive EDD Fraud and Failures

January 31, 2023   8:51 amFebruary 1, 2023   4:49 pm
“Trump administration ‘neglected’ California’s efforts to combat unemployment fraud, EDD head says,” the Sacramento Bee reports Tuesday. “Nancy Farias swung back hard against allegations by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., that California has done a poor job fighting unemployment fraud,” the...
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Gov. Newsom Gets an Assist as CA Democrats Delay Hearing on $31 Billion in Unemployment Fraud

August 19, 2021   5:25 pm
Perhaps one of the most important hearings of the year to investigate California’s Employment Development Department fraud of $31 billion during the COVID pandemic, was postponed by California’s legislative Democrats. Democrats on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee already delayed the...
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EDD Rolls Out All Chipped Unemployment Benefit Debit Cards

July 27, 2021   2:44 amJuly 26, 2021   8:57 pm
The Employment Development Department (EDD) began issuing all chip-enabled debit cards on Sunday as a way to severely decrease unemployment fraud in California. In 2020, the EDD suffered a confirmed $11.4 billion in fraudulent unemployment payment, with the final amount...
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Louisiana Officials Arrest 8 People Connected To Over $1 Million Defrauded from EDD

July 22, 2021   2:23 amJuly 21, 2021   6:59 pm
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) announced on Wednesday that 8 Louisianans have been arrested for defrauding the California Employment Development Department (EDD) out of $1 million last year. In total, the sweep covered...
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Former Chief Federal Prosecutor McGregor Scott Joins California Unemployment Fraud Investigation

July 20, 2021   5:46 pmJuly 22, 2021   8:00 am
Six months after the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency first announced that up to $31 billion had been stolen by unemployment fraudsters in 2020, state officials announced Tuesday  that a former federal prosecutor had been selected so serve as...
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EDD Computers GO Down Again, Following Numerous Breakdowns and Fraud Claims

March 22, 2021   3:41 pmMarch 22, 2021   3:59 pm
Assemblyman Jim Patterson said Monday in a press conference his office was notified by EDD employee insiders that the EDD computer systems are currently down and have been for some time. Patterson said they have contacted the EDD for details...
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Bill to Help Prevent Future Inmate Unemployment Fraud Passes Senate Committee

March 17, 2021   3:27 pm
A bill to help prevent future inmate Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud by cross checking unemployment insurance claims with state and county prison rolls passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 39, authored by Senator Shannon Grove...
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