EDD backlog and fraud timeline: How we got here The problems with California's Unemployment Department date back farther than just 2020 Share Updated: 10:40 AM PST Feb 12, 2021 David Manoucheri The problems with California's Unemployment Department date back farther than just 2020 Share Updated: 10:40 AM PST Feb 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript okay. It has been said that there is no honor among thieves. And there is no better example of this than the massive a d D. Fraud that is occurring within our jails in our prisons here in California. Okay, tens of thousands of inmates, local stay and federal institutions all involved every type of inmate that you could conceivably think of murderers doing life or life without the possibility of parole rapist serving hundreds of years of a sentence or perhaps life as well. Child molesters, serial killers and other murderers sitting on California's death row. Hundreds of millions of dollars that may well amount to upwards of a billion dollars. Having already been paid in their names, it is. Perhaps it will be one of the biggest fraud of taxpayer dollars in California history. And with this fraud means that victims who have been victimized by these inmates are not getting the restitution that they so deservedly, I have, you know, how did we get here is what we're gonna talk about. What is the scope of the problem and how are we going to address this