Tag: $11.4 billion EDD Fraud
EDD Rolls Out All Chipped Unemployment Benefit Debit Cards
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...
Louisiana Officials Arrest 8 People Connected To Over $1 Million Defrauded from EDD
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...
Former Chief Federal Prosecutor McGregor Scott Joins California Unemployment Fraud Investigation
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...
EDD Computers GO Down Again, Following Numerous Breakdowns and Fraud Claims
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...
Bill to Help Prevent Future Inmate Unemployment Fraud Passes Senate Committee
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...
Congressional House Oversight Republicans Demand Investigation Into $11.4 Billion EDD Fraud Case
On Thursday, Republican members of the House Oversight Committee demanded that they begin an investigation into California’s Employment Development Department $11.4 billion fraud case. Fraud cases began to show up in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March...