Paul Sakuma
David Goldstein, a CBS Los Angeles reporter, has been digging deep into California’s EDD fraud from the beginning. According to a new study by the California Center for Jobs and Economy, Unemployment insurance fraud in the state could top $8 billion!
That’s
Billion, with a “B”.
It is estimated that over half a million Californians still have not received benefits, despite filing in March or April, at the beginning of the first California lockdowns.
“According to the report, billions of dollars in taxpayer funded benefits have gone to people who fraudulently filed claims and collected benefits, while many others have been unable to get much-needed financial relief.