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The former leader of the Santa Barbara County probation officers' union accepted a plea deal that will carry an 11-year prison sentence for embezzling
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Fraud linked to California’s Unemployment Department may hit eight billion dollars and expands to other states SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Our series of Tipline reports about fraud in California’s unemployment system indicates the loss to taxpayers could hit a staggering eight billion dollars. Some law enforcement officials have already confirmed the fraud has been linked to prisoners at every jail and prison in California. That massive and complex investigation is underway right now and it's expanding to other states. Authorities are investigating inmates at prisons across the U.S. who've a...