Ex-California EDD worker filed fraudulent claims under Dianne Feinstein s name: feds
By Adam Beam
EDD workers and inmates are accused of a fraud.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
The Bank of America, which contracts with the state to provide benefits to people on debit cards, flagged the claim for possible fraud. Federal investigators later found at least $2 million worth of fraudulent unemployment claims had been filed from that same address, which they said were all linked to a woman who once worked for the state unemployment agency until she was fired in 2018.
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More Californians stop seeking work as virus surges
By Adam Beam
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than 327,000 people stopped looking for work in California last month, a worrisome trend that has clouded the state’s economic picture during its worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
California’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% in November, falling for the sixth month in a row since reaching an all-time high of 16.4% in April and May. But the state only added 57,100 jobs in November, down from 145,500 gained in October.
Experts said the falling unemployment rate is mostly because so many people have stopped looking for work. Since November of last year, nearly 600,000 people have ended their search more than half of them in November, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
By Adam Beam •
Updated on December 18, 2020 at 1:06 pm
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Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
The Bank of America, which contracts with the state to provide benefits to people on debit cards, flagged the claim for possible fraud. Federal investigators later found at least $2 million worth of fraudulent unemployment claims had been filed from that same address, which they said were all linked to a woman who once worked for the state unemployment agency until she was fired in 2018.
By Adam Beam •
Updated on December 18, 2020 at 1:05 pm
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
The Bank of America, which contracts with the state to provide benefits to people on debit cards, flagged the claim for possible fraud. Federal investigators later found at least $2 million worth of fraudulent unemployment claims had been filed from that same address, which they said were all linked to a woman who once worked for the state unemployment agency until she was fired in 2018.