The biggest fraud in US history: Watch the full EDD fraud documentary Easy Money
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2021
- Beginning in September of 2020, KCRA 3 Investigates producer Dave Manoucheri and Photographer Victor Nieto began traveling across California and interviewing people in other states as part of an unprecedented documentary project that revealed a wave of problems created by the failures of California's Employment Development Department, or EDD.
With nearly 15 hours of interviews from 17 people - and dozens of hours of news footage - the first four chapters of Easy Money tell the story of what is being called the worst fraud in United States history.
On May 11, 2022, we aired two more chapters for the series. They should play in our playlist at the conclusion of this video.
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This what I find funny and ironic you send the money to the wrong address but you send the bill for the taxes to the right address make it make sense
Fantastic observation - spotlights the differences in state government offices.
Very good point.
The fact that over $17B was grifted by scammers; and that this scam took place inside prisons speaks volumes for how this EDD failed the real people who needed this money.
Wow... So, the REAL criminals were captive and controlled by the Gov? BULLSHIT...this stinks like newsome, to me.
I would say the opposite. Unfortunately so many people abused the system but they will recoup a lot
Your right denise.. they abuse the system as the system has done to them. I'm not mad at the player or the game created. If you need further proof just look at wall street and judges/ politicians
What happened to Robinhood Gamestop lawsuit?
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit. The plaintiffs appealed the order. An Atlanta appeals court on Thursday dismissed the appeal, saying Robinhood's customer agreements allow it to limit customers' trading and to refuse their transactions.Aug 11, 2023
Makes me wonder if some people working within the EDD are part of the scam.
They are
Yes, they were. Inside job. Washington state too
Highly unlikely as that would require someone to actually be WORKING inside the EDD.
Absolutely they are!! There is no other plausibility. Especially when any citizen has near zero access! You'd have to be inside in IT either for BofA or at EDD.
@@_fukunicorn_164 they only need clearance as an IT at either BofA or EDD or the debit card production cntr.
Some of these thieves are actual employees of the organization. They would know how to do it better.
my peers ran up a quarter million off this while i got abused as an essential worker. things need to change.
Facts . Essential with no essential pay. I should’ve did it 😒
I got electrocuted
It was great 👍
Just because we all live in America doesn't mean we are all "peers". Most of the people who received unemployment were "white" people (yes in quotes).
Also stop trying to look for pity or think someone owes you something. Like you people always told blacks, suck it up, pick yourself up by your bootstraps and work harder.
@@a-listercrowley2737 Soooo you were working a job?
@@xaviermccloud4586 👍 um, yea.... job
What's enraging about these EDD idiots, is that a few years back they denied me a legitimate claim after I was let go of a company. But they approved criminals with up to 70 EDD cards each. This is just a fng joke. I hope those EDD officials go to prison too for gross mismanagement of the people's taxes
it will never happen
yall keep voting for it and setting criminals free..so enjoy
They barely even get fired and when they do get fired they get a sweetheart severance package to keep their mouths shut.
That sucks here you are being honest and deserved an unemployment claim and couldn't get it, our government has robbed us we pay tax for gas clothing and food tax to renew your car registration land tax state tax then you have to file income tax so they could discover if they can take more from us! It sucks what happened to you but I'm kinda laughing that these people got away with this.
stop volunteering...🧐😎
Why didn't they see in the database that the same address is being used multiple times???? Huge red flags. WTF
This makes me sad. I worked the entire time paid my rent the entire time. What was my reward….a $400 rent increase. Oh and for those of us who saved to be home buyers, home prices increased by over $100k.
This is America. There are zero rewards for doing the right thing.
The problem is there's a division of the people. Workers & scammers. Then, there's people who still think our govt is a benevolent uncle. Who got richer? The rich. Who suffered? The rest of us. So many lies have been told for so long, nothing should be trusted as truth without personal verification. Fear makes people compliant, we've been played for a loooong time!
Sounds like you feel like the nurses.
@Lil Pink Bubbles… I Love Your Name! Covid is a Bio Weapon. So is the Bill Gates “Vaccine.” I hope you didn’t get it! It goes after your RNA. That’s
WHY Everyone had to Stay Home and Lose their Businesses. It’s to Get Rid of the Middle Class. You’re either Real Rich, or Your Not. The Have or the Have Nots. .
@@katiekane5247 We’ve all been Dumbed Down for a Looong Time too. There are Still… Too Many People that are part of what I call the Asleep and the Unconscious… or they are what I call… The Absolute Brain Dead. They either are one ore the other of Those. Both… they Still Watch and Especially Believe the MSM. The Asleep and the Unconscious… you Might be able to Reason With. The Absolute Brain Dead… You Can’t Reason With. The Absolute Brain Dead would Do Great on the Walking Dead or Fear the Walking Dead as one of the Zombies… only Those Zombies… would be REAL.
Your right! Unemployment was great and it won’t happen again! Shoulda got in when you could
One person at EDD to deal with identity theft cases........
That person quit. 😂😂
My friend working at a car dealership in Lancaster CA had people coming in every single day buying cars with cash during the pandemic.
Thank you for finally getting a detailed report out. People need to be held accountable. So many that needed the assistance never received the relief. How man of them ended up homeless.
It all built up and shoved me into a dark hole as to where I almost took my own life a week ago. Finally gave up the fight and this terrible situation is only better bc I'm still breathing.
@Mark Johnson ah, you must be one of the sheep.
There was an insider too
@@lastminutequinn it only gets better when you apply what you've found out to be true. Don't ever give up
Give to your self-FIRST
All Ways-
Salaam Alaikum
@@originalandrewmark wa - alaikum Salam
It says something about how many liars and thieves we must have in this country.
every other person OR LESS! so thats 1 out of 2, or maybe probably 1 out of 1
what you expect when you're run by the biggest thieves
@Mekehl I lived fairly poor in a larger city for a number of years and people around me chose to do evil things they did not have to do. That was one of the hardest things about having little money - being forced to live with people who chose not to behave in a civil manner. Normally they were not so desperate as to have no choice.
@@adrianboulter1906 they not gonna hear you😂😂they think the puppets...whoops i mean "leaders" are gonna help them😆
It sure brings a lot of light on what's happening right now......
Unbelievable lack of response at all levels of government
All levels.
The trouble with public employees many are lazy, arrogant and crooks.
If people in California want to know why their taxes are so high, this should help - cost the state taxpayers roughly $2,500 per household.
"Somebody" at EDD wasn't doing their job. If they aren't doing their job, why are they still on the payroll? There are a whole lot of supervisors who should be applying for their own EDD cards!
ONE YEAR LATER
NOTHING IS BUILT
NOTHING IS BACK
NOTHING IS BETTER
JUST ALL TALK🤡🤡🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿
“Somebody”??? How about Sharon Hilliard who was the head of EDD for 30 years! That woman and her other Dept. heads knew what was going on. She should have been FIRED! Instead, they let her RETIRE! My question: Was anyone at EDD ever fired for this gross negligence of our tax payer dollars?
Because of how strong their union has become. They are all protected. Every single Democrat in office in California has been bought and paid for by the labor unions. It's just how it works. Republicans are bought and paid for by other groups. But in California the problem is that only one party has complete control for decades now. This is what happens.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability from EDD/DOL.
AGREED.
its funny how when they were called by authorities no one answered the phone and the boss quits.
And Congress really because the third most powerful position in our country's government is Speaker of the House which is Nancy Pelosi Representative of San Francisco California.
Absolutely
This is also what happens when a department is extremely underfunded.
I had to wait 3 months to be denied. I appealed and had to wait another 3 months to go before a Judge to prove my identity, then I had to do an ID.me video call to prove my ID again. It was such BS.
Same!
Me too
I hope you guys get your money that belongs to you. EDD ain't 💩.
Criminals get it first cause they know how to work the system it's always been that way, just learn what they do and do the same thing learn the system but do it legally.
@@Zanzamor you got that 💩 right
She retired with a full pension leaving the edd bankrupt , wonderfull
She probably had a few checks in there her goddamn self.
Yup. Did not give 1 single F$”&!
It would be nice that she would forfeit her extremely high pension that the California taxpayers have to pay for incompetence but why should she be singled out.Just look at all of the Democratic party programs that have not produced a positive return on the taxpayers dime that incompetence or fraud is inherent to the program.Here is a thought, WHY is social security payments going broak for the taxpayers that have paid into the system their intire lives and WELFARE CHECKS that are full of waste and fraud not in financial trouble or funds running out. JUST A THOUGHT or is it.
There are no words to adequately sum up this level of incompetency on so many levels.
I tried using EDD several times for job help. I was declared ADD disabled and given an employment counselor who never helped me get a job. The local college ended up helping me with a resume not the EDD. I got my own job. I have NEVER gotten a job through our local EDD. THEY'RE A COMPLETE FAILURE!!!!
How are able to work on Disability?
I profoundly agree with you. They are the most corrupt institution in the California socialist system.
@@hitzoneproductions7858 they do have jobs for people with disabilities. Dumbo.!
@@hitzoneproductions7858 they are limitations and what they can do just like people with mental illness artistic retardation have jobs and that's a wonderful thing and yes we have people out there that will never get a job so here goes a few just that will pay back one way or another but it will not get a job still because their thieves
Why are you complaining and so mad? You have a job
I bet those from the EDD who retired or stepped down are/will get every dime of their retirement and benefits faster that even the fraudsters get paid
how did they get the edd cards dosplayed at the addresses in the envelopes
They need to be audited every year.
This is what happens when a director has been around for 37 years!
All government jobs should have a lottery expiration for those employed in them, and a 10 year exclusion to be rehired by any government entity. We should also not allow government employees to vote for their own raises by excluding them from voting in whatever-level-of-government-they're-employed-by. Municipal workers not allowed to vote in that municipality, same for county, state, and federal level employees. This would help limit the size of government and help limit the parasites.
True!!
I am one person who's lost over 51,000 from an overpayment by the government who refuses to pay it back I only owed $7,000 on an overpayment and it was taken care of so how do you explain the state of Salem not returning 51,000 that I can really use right now from my caregiving and my benefits that I paid back into the refusing to pay me back 51 Grand how do you explain the state US Treasury stealing 51,000 and not paying me back they took my money and used it for their habits and I'm sick and tired of being lied to and used and abused I have never stole money from anyone but being falsely accused and slandered by a government that didn't check their facts but went by hearsay of a family sibling of mine stating I never paid my bills and that I was married never been married paid up all my bills and I very sick and tired of the government lying about the truth when someone has a revenge been dead a torch someone who never did them wrong they covered up the acts of their own crooked crimes I'm very appalled that someone can use me for the wrong reasons
Remind me to never move to California.
I'd NEVER move there
I'd also remind you to never move to Colorado.
If you think unemployment fraud was bad, you should look into PPP fraud. As bad as the state did administering unemployment, private banks did much worse administering PPP. Well, worse for the taxpayer, better for the lenders who got a cut of loans issued
Well wasn't ppp set up as hand out first verify later, because it was the emergency response?
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@@__-nd5qi orchestrated of course
No doubt .
how did they get the edd cards when they went to the homes that were displayed> with the envelopes this happened allover and overseas didnt the usps notice the envelopes to one address/yes the freezing hurt innocent people of their benefits
facts ppp first round was rich people and mayor banks and companies
Why in the heck would the government send someone a debit card in the mail? They should have just had a transfer into their bank account.
1 EDD card was worth 30k and could get shipped anywhere, everybody wanted one. It was like the new California gold rush
Some cards were worth 50k
The cards came from a bank. At no point were cards containing 30k or 50k ever shipped.
You must be talking about stimulus payments, those funds were stimulus cards. Which at most I think held $1400? And I believe they had to have a pin or something created. I don’t Know but what I do know is you guys are making stuff up
What does EDD stand for?
Oh I know. Nevermind..inside scammers
It was a ponzy scheme to break the banks
I’d like to know what the mail man was thinking.
Most don't care, They are the eyes, BUT they are soo blind and crooked
The mailman/lady had to be on it.
So who at EDD were arrested and prosecuted?
NEVER HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS!
Sounds like they should have to forfeit their retirement if they are going to be that negligent otherwise what's to stop their replacement from looking the other way too? The biggest loser in all of this is us, the taxpayers. EDD is such a mess and it sounds like this problem has gone on as far back as 2008 or earlier. Just insane. Their biggest mistake was canceling that fraud detection software that was actually doing it's job! Josh Harder, you're a good man trying to clean this mess up👍
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in as much as my knowledge of the business is limited, it seems that this is the ideal time to enter the market based on my understanding of supply and demand in the economy. The consistent price variations, which shouldn't be an issue, are the only thing stopping me. But I really need a counselor; could you please assist me?
Thank you! I checked out Alicia Ann Jordan's credentials on her website and it seems quite good! Hopefully, she's taking in fresh applicants because I sent her an email.
Mmmhmm
The mismanagement of those funds is sickening, how is it even possible? +19billion dollars stolen! Unbelievable.
It's disgusting.
But yet we can not even log onto the site to provide required proof of self employment. It's a nightmare! Our lives revolve around a broken go government agency with no accountability. How long can they threaten and terrorize us? We simple have been locked out of site. What a disaster.
Try harder
This whole saga peaked when the guy dropped a song about EDD. It was all downhill after that lol
The government played a part in this for sure.
They have dropped my claim out of nowhere twice and it has been impossible to contact them. I am disabled and I struggle to feed myself. I don't expect my government to be very helpful but this has felt cruel.
If you're disabled why don't you get disability??? OH YOU people always expect someone to cry for you.
@@xaviermccloud4586 I don't need to justify myself to someone being so rude but disability isn't exactly the easy solution people think it is. It is not easy to get and even if I did qualify my life would be subject to even more terms and limitations than it already is. I never expected you to feel bad for me, I'm just sharing my story because it hasn't been handled appropriately. stop criticizing disabled people on the internet and go pet a dog or something I don't care
@@tarabelle7716 I'm disabled you piece of ****. Stop acting like everything in your life is about someone criticizing you. I was ACTUALLY criticizing your RACE!
But that shows how evil and conniving YOU PEOPLE are. You're manipulation tactics don't work here.
Tara, this guy Xavier seems like he's anti social. He enjoys making other people feel bad. Don't listen to him. Think of how messed up his life must be if he attacks you that way.
"McCloud"? Come on. That's Irish.🤣 Let's pray for each other and that this craziness ends.
@@michelleayres5608 don't worry, I'm not actually offended I don't really get what he's trying to do at this point.
Thank you KCRA. Excellent report and thank you for caring.
Thank you to the local journalists who are keeping track of these stories. Please keep reporting on it. We need to hold the EDD, Bank of America, and scammers accountable.
The whole EDD department should be dissolved and rebuilt from scratch, this is total disregard of our taxes, heads need to roll!!!
Yes, that would at least be ~less~ wasteful.
It's insane.
I saw so many people do this and benefit, while those who actually needed it were denied and lost everything and still can't get anything. Even had covid...didn't get any of the housing assistance. Housing assistance agencies have disappeared from the county and voting facilities have replaced them. I work in social services and most of the agencies have been dissolved.
Indeed
You still think the govt is here to help? 😂 😂 😂
That happens when you have diversity in the country. I don't believe in diversity, why? Because, the foreigners they never are gonna love or to assimilate your country, at all.
I'm a mail carrier in Detroit Michigan and I've seen these letters in crazy amounts! Smh!
Your definitely guilty of this
@@olivergastelumjr3755 Absolutely not! It's not worth it. I make more money than most, so why risk losing my job and Fed time? I'm good 😂
@@dubbschultz1if you were seeing this activity then you should have reported it to the proper authorities.
@@LemonySnicket-EUC I do let my supervisor know and then they get the postal police to check it out
@@dubbschultz1 you know, you had 2 different posts where you could have said that. Odd that you didn't untill now. JS.
Such a relief to get to the end and see that so many of the big shots who were responsible for this massive mess in the first place are serving real jail time. Nah I'm just kidding, nothing happened to a goddamned one of them.
In a perfect World they should:
1.Pay back all money they scammed
2.Loose their job
3.Be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Notice that I said "perfect".
Complete utter Incompetence!
This vid is so disturbing. The fact the gov is so non responsive leads me to believe this goes all the way to the top.
BINGO 😈
EXACTLY! The government doesn’t give a dam! It’s 2022 the age of computers (AI) running everything… HOW is this happening?! This is a horrible thing to realize!
This is a great documentary.
same in texas, homies pulling up to walmart in a BMW whipping out their lonestar card for steaks
I received a letter from EDD last year, requesting more information. I live in Louisiana. I went online and filed a fraud alert on the EDD website.
Same thing happened to me and I live in New Mexico. I filled an online fraud report, froze my credit, and reported an attempted identity theft with social security. When all that started our attorney general put out lots of great information about how to handle it.
Perfect example of the criminal incompetence of the state government of California. The people who administer EDD should be in jail.
As much as people talk down on California's government, I feel this would be a valid case for the USA federal government to handle; so why the lack of swift justice for all this fraud!? People sending money to Florida, 100% federal. State employees handling federal assistance, again 100% federal. Unless I'm wrong, I don't think so?
@@ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr what exactly is a federal state employee?
@@jbizzle1966 he didnt say that read it again
That's nothing compared to the crimes by all the corporations, billionaires, pharmaceutical industry, oil industry commits every single day. This is peanuts in comparison.
Proof? Or you just hate?
@@timg2973 it's hate sprinkled with lots of ignorance
Caroline Chung: Very Well Said !!! Nothing can be added to your statement. I agree with All you said !
Thank you there crimes are white collar crimes an never get consequences for it
I think you forgot to mention the military-industrial complex but I am looking for a $45,000 beryllium bronze hammer.
I do not care about "across the country" it is what the EDD office did nothing!!!!! and yet, the director just retired full pension even though she failed utterly to perform her job!!!!
Well this documentary is calling the fraud the biggest fraud in California's history, but it is probably actually the biggest fraud in United States history. It was not just Unemployment. It was stimulus checks from the IRS, Small Business Loans and Employee Paycheck Protection Programs that were also defrauded during the pandemic. And, as I mentioned in my previous comment, there was so much fraud in Washington State EDD they had to call in the National Fraud to help combat it.
@@nunyabizness573 we bought my brother in laws house. After his wife passed, he couldn't make the payments. He was moved 7 months, deceased 5 months, his wife much longer. I know he was getting his SS thru direct deposit at his new address in a different state when he passed. Still got the 2 person stimulus check here!
The store owners were just as willing to take the money! Shame on them when they became aware!
I will never understand the level of greed some people are motivated by.
Wait! @41:00 minutes they claimed that the $11B plus in fraud could have paid for 16,000 Californian homes OR a mere 2,000 students four-year tuition at a California college. That's an eight-fold difference. You are telling me that half of a year's tuition is somehow equivalent to buy a house, in California? That's messed up.
No, it wasn't "OR" it was "AND".
Seems like there’s a system of love towards criminals and strangulation to law obiding citizens.
It's called Marxism and they are taking down our country.
It's also an ironic example of how a big banks greed bite them in the a$$. I'm sure when BofA agreed to handle debit cards for the state, they thought they would make some big $$ in fees. And deciding to issue the cheaper cards (with no RFID or Chip security) they would make a killing... but it came back to bite em, because ultimately BofA has to EAT that loss. Serves them right! So this is Karma for them.
You are a comic, right? The BoA has np charging triple the "fees" they now rob from you
These crooks need to go away for life.
Just looked up all the directors that have been in that position (Director EDD) Since 2020. 3 of them, all life long state employees. Incompetent, public sector loosers.
We're doomed
All government jobs should have a lottery expiration for those employed in them, and a 10 year exclusion to be rehired by any government entity. We should also not allow government employees to vote for their own raises by excluding them from voting in whatever-level-of-government-they're-employed-by. Municipal workers not allowed to vote in that municipality, same for county, state, and federal level employees. This would help limit the size of government and help limit the parasites.
Infuriating beyond measure. These criminals,at every level, should be punished & exposed
Could it be...that the u.s. is now a criminally run enterprise...operated by criminals... for benefit of...yes...criminals.
This was a FANTASTIC REVIEW OF STATE WORKERS NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE! Fire them!
If it was someone who was legitimately supposed to collect unemployment and the government made a mistake and cut them off, those innocent people probably got arrested or had their lives ruined.
Hopefully not, I don't think there have been many arrests but false would be one too many.
People need to go to prison over this, and some of them work for EDD!!!
I been struggling these scammers have ruined my life. I hope they put all these scammers under the prison. I worked for any money I was entitled too and they stole it. I was disabled during this pandemic I couldn’t apply for Edd I was off work. And they won’t answer the phone I been dealing with this since 2020
Don’t worry karma will get them
@@karma4872 You're beautiful
Great Here we Go…Oh, just to inform lots of people have been hacked lately. Leaving right there. Have a Blessed Day. Bismalah
@@karma4872???
Have you tried calling 10-15 minutes before the office opens? If you ever get the machine that asks if you want to get a call back, because of high call volume and long waits, don't hang up. On average, it won't take longer than 5 MAYBE 10 minutes max. If you call during normal hours, it will be almost impossible to get through but good luck; I hope you finally get what you are entitled to.
I live in Fresno and we had a vacant house for sale during COVID and the mailbox was being shot-gunned with mail for multiple EDD "applicants" using that address. Id estimate easily over 30. I called EDD, sat on hold for 2 hours, finally got thru and they coulda gave a 💩. Literally asked me what "and what do you want us to do about it"? I reached out to Jim Pattersons office too. They never got back to me. Just ended up shredding them. Then the overpayment notices started pouring in 🙄
Unf$&@g-believable! The incompetency of this state is sooooo astounding!!! I would sue EDD for being so f$&@ incompetent!! How could they let this happen..???😖
All of a sudden it just got really hard to get EDD. You had to jump through a bunch of hoops do some screen time thing.
You think this is bad the bank paid multiple fraud claims and watching these people get away with it over and over was even more sickening!
I know a bar owner who received nearly $2 million PPP loans that are forgiven or barely any payments. His bar thrived during Covid. Didn’t need money at all.
This is by far the best fraud documentary made ever. The reason behind calling out the best is, you don't not expect this to happen in your backyard, me in "self-denial" I guess.
The EDD keeps approving the scammer even though I keep providing proof I am me living in the same place since 2017. The person changed my last name. It don’t even match my SSI number
The only people who will ever go to jail over this will be those who don’t pay that tax bill. Zero people in gov or the actual scammers will go to jail.
Also this is just another example of America 🇺🇸 disdain for holding ppl accountable when Sh#@ goes sideways in the agencies.
Here in South Africa. This is so normal. Hundreds of people working for the government are involved, creating ghost employees within government departments. If it is anything in the US like it is here, for sure they have people inside involved.
"wow" it appear the same type of scam happened here in Canada. A lot of people were denied help and could not get help. Yet, big companies like Bell Canada who were profiting from the pandemic were able to get millions of dollars in these programs.
When some people wanted an investigation into the fraud, the government stopped them and allowed them to keep the money and everything, while the average person never got any benefits.
Hey there, can I ask u which agency was at fault? I know that I, myself elected not to apply for benefits I was not allowed, but I also know people who did, and it seemed like the most people without fixed income were able to get about 14,000$, which is an insane amount, and while I don't agree with such egregious behaviour, it is easy to see why someone with nothing could be tempted, while just as the US case, I would like to know if the people who were benefiting for real, like Bell and Bank of America, whom they are very silent about. The banks work on fees, the reality that they will reap a fortune from this is quietly overlooked, but we may have a very different situation here up north, though I definitely agree, there was fraud here too. Expanding civil asset forfeiture is wrong, and I heard our government was considering this law, which is not good, even if we don't have as much problems with bad cops, they still exist.
So it is possible for any officer to ROB an innocent person using Civil Asset Forfeiture but it is NOT possible to use it on actual criminals. If that is not a great reason to wipe out civil asset forfeiture, then I don't know what is.
Valid observation. The bleed out is not as apparent when its due to engorged parasites instead of a pool of blood.
why is it that the postal workers delivering edd mail to empty address not notice this?
Incredible public employee incompetence. Billions not tracked? WHAT? The gov of CA was / is aware, mayors knew also. Votes matter it appears. Interference with audits ought to be criminal. Incredible! Private businesses would not tolerate this type of incompetence! SMH.
I legitimately tried so many times to get unemployment help in California,
during this period with no help and no success, I don't even understand how it was so easy for these fraudsters 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
All the con artists made it difficult for legit unemployment claims, plus once workers found out they could just quit and still get claims. The scumbags hurt a lot of people who actually needed it.
"Our focus is on financially motivated criminal activity." That's government newspeak. As if there is some other type of motivation for criminal activity.
There are
Religious & ideological ring a bell?
How could you not see this happening before it started this baffles standard intelligence beyond belief surely ....? ....!!!!!?
This is what investigators news used to be, Kudos.
It's amazing the systems these fraudsters come up with. Would it kill them to get a legitimate job and apply those skills?
Crony capitalism, the capital flows to where government sends it instead of where the market needs it.
Why would they do that when they can just get thousands and thousands off of Edds incompetence
I have a small business. I've paid thousands and thousands in taxes to EDD to the unemployment pool. I really want that money to go to people who need it... not scammers. I can't believe billions have been lost. EDD employees and contractors should be held accountable and the scammers should be in jail.
this happened in every state not just in CA
So, the cost of education for 2,065 students is equal to the amount of 16,789 homes in California. Not only is the EDD a problem but the cost of higher education is a problem as well.
People were complaining that the process was taking to long during the pandemic so they decided to fastback every claim and pay it. Then go back and check to see what's real and fake. Wither way the public is complaining.
If they didn't speed up payments, this documentary would be about all the people who lost their homes or went into a diabetic coma because they couldn't afford insulin due to the payment delays.
When this whole fraud story came out they tightened security and it took longer to get benefits. People affected by that change are also featured in this documentary.
So what are they arguing for? Tightened security and thus slower payments or loosened security so people are paid faster - without having to sit on hold to verify their identity and claim with an EDD representative - the EDD not being staffed anywhere near enough to deal with the unprecedented demand. Direct trade-off between security and speed.
Also, this $31 billion they are throwing around - did they recover any of i? These are electronic cards which could be deactivated.
Reason like this is why a woman or man should do a background check before they get into a serious relationship with a woman or man who knows what kind of debt they are hiding
Tell me about it I got over $35,000 stolen out of my EDD account and it still hasn't got refunded
Weird, this is exactly how the voting went in California...
"Large amounts of cash are being seized". Yeah and how much of it goes right into the pockets of the cops who "seize it".
Cops are criminals with badges.
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@@cecilbdemento7736 some are, most of them are where I live
Very original comments
@@cecilbdemento7736 all Gov is
Remember to take yours when you can people. These gov't employee's do not care, that retirement statement from the EDD director is just a slap in the face. You are running away because you let a $10 billion dollar fraud happen under your watch with people screaming at you about what was going on. It is criminal negligence and she should be retired to jail.
If you didn’t vote to recall Governor Newsom you deserve whatever EDD dishes out to you
More like doesn't dish out to the rightful applicants, I think the EDD might be complicit with the fraud.
Gavin Newsom is an inept fraud himself.
Maybe true.. lol
It is sad to see institutions in this day and age with such messed by administration systems. I think Cali has brought this on themselves with such lacks requirements for local and state id systems.
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Although controls on these Pandemic Unemployment Benefits were lax not only in CA but apparently across the nation as well, I just don't buy that this all happened as a result of individual criminals or even gangs of criminals. That this fraud started almost right after these benefits became available, and in such a massive amount suggests to me that someone with intimate knowledge of these vulnerabilities, perhaps even on the Fed Level was ultimately behind it. If this really did start at the local level, then it would've started off small and then quickly increased. But that's not the way it happened. Someone well versed in the weaknesses in the system of CA and other states must have been ready to pounce on this rare opportunity. THAT is where this "white collar" crime spree must have started, IMO.
@@jenniferdorr9781 I was thinking the same thing as I watched this video. I didn't get my last 2 stimulus checks either, and the IRS Hot Line didn't recognize my SocSec # either. Could be more identity theft.
I live in Indochina and many American Travellers / backpackers l met in watering holes, coffee shops, restaurants, etc were talking about ways to get hundreds of dollars if you had any friends In California or bank accounts in California even though they were actually overseas. Sounded like a great plan for boosting travellers resources.
Later it became apparent travellers shouldn't apply if they weren't actually living in California.
Seemed an easy thing to track: EDD + Overseas Withdrawals > potential fraud.
If only…the government was overreaching in the prosecution of fraud. Instead the government overreaches into the pockets of honest producers in our society.
Ok ok ok BUT WHY DO THIS DOCUMENTARY, IF IN FACT YOU DO NOT HOLD THESE OFFICIALS/EDD EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE??
What was the benefit to EDD not to put in place fraud protection? Budget? Well when this budget was approved did no one notice no safeguards? Profound incompetence and good luck getting the money back.
As soon as they started making us stay home, all I could think was how much crime we’d learn about for the next 20 years. It’s starting.
This crazy. I recently got laid off and started receiving EDD benefits. They told me I have to attend classes and go to some trainings to keep receiving my benefits. I got Covid and wasn't able to work for two weeks. I put the information on my paperwork, because I wanted to be truthful about not looking for work for those. And they completely denied me of all EDD benefits. I'm losing my apartment my car and can't pay my bills. I'm trying to fight it in appeal but the process takes five months. By that time I'll be homeless. Makes me so mad because people are taking advantage of the system and I'm being punished for it.
thats why you cant live for the system. System don't live for you...Apparently people don't find this out til it's wayyy too late though🤣
Don't break windows of "peoples house". Break the windows of the owners of your country and look at their bank account to tell who they are. The world is past time for an American French Revolution
All of California EDD management should go to prison
The worst part of all of this is the economy never needed to shut down. It aggravates me to no end. I swear it was the beginning of a larger plan we have yet to see completed.