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California estimated to have sent $10B in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims, including foreign crime organizations
Washington Examiner ^ | 01/17/2021 | Emma Colton

Posted on 01/17/2021 8:42:13 AM PST by devane617

California may have sent out $10 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits, with some of the funds even going to organized crime organizations in China and Russia.

California hired Blake Hall’s ID.me to investigate fraud in October, and he said that at least 10% of unemployment claims before that month were fraudulent. Hall puts the amount of fraud sent out at around $9.8 billion, from March to September 2020.

Hall added in his interview with the Los Angeles Times that a good amount of the fraud is due to organized crime gangs in foreign countries.

"When the Russians and the Nigerians and the Chinese are the players on the field, they are going to put up some points," Hall said. "This is a very sophisticated cyberattack that’s being run at scale."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia; US: California
KEYWORDS: benefits; california; china; corruption; covid; covid19; crime; fraudulent; nigeria; russia; unemployment; unemploymentfraud
Pelosi held up aid to people because the Feds and Trump refused to send bail out money to the corrupt liberal cities and states. Here is why.
1 posted on 01/17/2021 8:42:13 AM PST by devane617
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To: devane617

Failing with a capital ‘F’.


2 posted on 01/17/2021 8:48:25 AM PST by cranked
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To: devane617

“California may have sent out $10 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits, with some of the funds even going to organized crime organizations in China and Russia.”

Investigate, impeach, convict, and remove the state’s CEO.


3 posted on 01/17/2021 8:49:22 AM PST by jeffersondem
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California may have sent out $10 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits, with some of the funds even going to organized crime organizations in China and Russia.

No "May Have" about it, Commiefornia knowingly and deliberately sent money to the most evil criminal organizations on the planet, they're birds of a feather.

4 posted on 01/17/2021 8:49:39 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

Payment for their assistance in coming days months years.


5 posted on 01/17/2021 8:51:39 AM PST by devane617 ('It's Only Donuts Ma'am')
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To: devane617

Change will only occur in America when financial collapse happens.


6 posted on 01/17/2021 9:14:58 AM PST by PGR88
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To: devane617

They don’t care, as long as they ruin America.


7 posted on 01/17/2021 9:33:33 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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“California” is a vague term in this context. Newsom must be aware of this allegation imo.

Correction welcome.

Download recall Newsom form at this site (70% 1.14.21, deadline March 10)

8 posted on 01/17/2021 9:37:20 AM PST by Amendment10
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It’s reasonable to conclude that the criminal democrats in Kalifornia’s State House are looting the state’s treasury. It’s all about monetary kickbacks for them while they continue to kick us the in the teeth.


9 posted on 01/17/2021 9:38:39 AM PST by drypowder
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Been dreading this for years. Only Trump kept the wasteful states from bleeding the conservatives $$$ through D.C.

Now, the flood gates open. Every wasteful state gets their wet dream and the entire responsible remaining states will be tapped for every last $$$.

God help us.


10 posted on 01/17/2021 9:44:31 AM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Dems launder our tax dollars through foreign aid into their pockets and inside the country it’s the same deal to their base. It’s all about the money, always.


11 posted on 01/17/2021 9:52:28 AM PST by tioga
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And one wonders why Democrats even spend lavishly on local school board and county commissioner races. It’s because they’re stealing money from the taxpayers, as if we didn’t know. Newsom will get a pass, and some career bureaucrat in Commiefornia will get his early “retirement” and privately take a big paycheck to take the fall for everyone else!


12 posted on 01/17/2021 9:56:06 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: devane617

Wait until the Biden checks start getting handed out fat city for all crooks.


13 posted on 01/17/2021 10:04:18 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: devane617

Oh, hell, it’s just the American taxpayer. They will take anything, as long as you preface it with, “You don’t want to be racist, do you?”


14 posted on 01/17/2021 10:11:47 AM PST by odawg
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To: G Larry

They aren’t trying to ruin America, they are cashing in as much as they can. They don’t believe America will be ruined by their actions, although ruination will happen. It’s a cumulative effect. Certainly there is some Cloward-Piven involved, but the ones who get millions know that those millions are useless without the economy that uses them.


15 posted on 01/17/2021 10:17:50 AM PST by webheart (COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
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To: devane617

The crime was committed before California even got their hands on the money.


16 posted on 01/17/2021 11:05:14 AM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
California hired Blake Hall’s ID.me to investigate fraud in October, and he said that at least 10% of unemployment claims before that month were fraudulent.

17 posted on 06/10/2021 12:41:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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California sucks...


18 posted on 06/10/2021 1:13:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (SYSTEMIC. DEMOCRAT. VOTER. FRAUD. (SDVF) IS AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY)
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Meh. What’s a few bil among illegals?


19 posted on 06/10/2021 3:56:44 PM PDT by HKMk23 (INADEQUACY: If this keeps up, we may not be able to let you help us anymore.)
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To: devane617; Liz; LS; Red Badger

And I have to fight to get even $1000.00 for improved tools from our company. And this theft is not 1000 × that 1000.00; but 10,000,000 times that amount!


20 posted on 06/10/2021 4:07:52 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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