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California’s unemployment department paid $20 billion in fraud. Here’s what that money could buy you
Updated: 9:26 PM EST Dec 9, 2021
For more than a year, sister station KCRA has been looking into the unprecedented number of fraudulent Employment Development Department claims that were paid out at the start of — and well into — the pandemic.Unemployed Californians struggled to get money for legitimate claims, all while the EDD paid out more than $20 billion to fraudulent accounts.KCRA’s documentary Easy Money: Fraud, Fortune and Failures explores the wave of problems created by the failures of the EDD, and speaks with frustrated unemployment applicants, legislators, detectives and business owners who were impacted. Here’s what you could buy with $20 billion (App users, click here for the best mobile experience):
For more than a year, sister station KCRA has been looking into the unprecedented number of fraudulent Employment Development Department claims that were paid out at the start of — and well into — the pandemic.
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Unemployed Californians struggled to get money for legitimate claims, all while the EDD paid out more than $20 billion to fraudulent accounts.
KCRA’s documentary Easy Money: Fraud, Fortune and Failures explores the wave of problems created by the failures of the EDD, and speaks with frustrated unemployment applicants, legislators, detectives and business owners who were impacted.
Here’s what you could buy with $20 billion (App users, click here for the best mobile experience):
