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California's EDD (Employment Development Department) fraudulent accounts now total $20 billion, nearly double original estimate
KCRA 3 ^ | 10-25-2021 | David Manoucheri

Posted on 10/26/2021 1:17:20 AM PDT by Texan4Life

The fraud began in 2020 as stacks of envelopes started showing up in mailboxes across California and across the U.S. The addresses were correct but the names were for people who never lived there. Initially, the EDD (Employment Development Department) gave no estimate. In fact, during a previous legislative hearing, former director Sharon Hilliard told legislators they did not track that data.

By January, in the wake of two state audits into dysfunction inside the department, the EDD gave a first, very broad estimate. That was for $11.9 billion paid out, with a possibility it could rise as high as $30 billion.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; employment; fraud; pandemic
California will likely try and figure out how to get the rest of the US Taxpayers to make up their shortfall.
1 posted on 10/26/2021 1:17:20 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Texan4Life

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2 posted on 10/26/2021 2:20:36 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Texan4Life

High speed rail bottomless pit is still being used for this excuse


3 posted on 10/26/2021 2:28:42 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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On his Twitter account former Fox reporter Adam Housley reported this months ago. Housley’s sources told him that Newsom basically told his EDD people to mail checks to all applicants, with no vetting whatsoever.


4 posted on 10/26/2021 7:58:51 AM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: Texan4Life

California Cook County Illinois west.


5 posted on 10/26/2021 11:02:01 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: whinecountry

EDD sends you a debit card and the moneies are sent to the card, no checks are sent out, so thousands of EDD debit cards with millions of $$$


6 posted on 10/26/2021 12:02:44 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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I stand corrected, thx.


7 posted on 10/26/2021 12:42:48 PM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: whinecountry

no problem Friend, in Calif the goverment sends out debit cards for edd, ebt, welfare. so millions are scamed


8 posted on 10/27/2021 10:04:44 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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