California’s EDD freezes many people’s unemployment benefits to combat fraud By Carolyn Said and Kathleen Pender
California’s Employment Development Department has suspended unemployment payments for numerous people because of fear of fraud. Many Californians who said they are legitimately unemployed flooded social media over the weekend with laments that they desperately need the benefits that they rely on for housing, food and other necessities.
“You have been receiving unemployment benefits, but we have temporarily suspended your claim because it may be tied to fraudulent activity,” said a notice dated Dec. 31 that many people received. “You will receive further instruction from EDD on how to verify your identity beginning Jan. 6, 2021.”
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Thousands of Florida inmates defrauded California coronavirus unemployment fund, report says
An analysis found more than 6,000 claims were probably from inmates nationwide, including 2,000 in Florida one a man serving time for murder.
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An analysis found that California approved more than 6,000 unemployment assistance claims totaling more than $42 million involving people who probably were incarcerated out of state, including at least 2,000 Florida county jail and state prison inmates that included a man serving time for second-degree murder who received $10,800 in payments. [ Florida Department of Corrections ]
Published Jan. 6
LOS ANGELES â More than $40 million in California funding intended to help people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic probably went to inmates in out-of-state jails and prisons, it was reported Tuesday.