California’s unemployment fraud reaches at least $20 billion

California’s unemployment fraud reaches at least $20 billion

By ADAM BEAM | The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO  — California has given away at least $20 billion to criminals in the form of fraudulent unemployment benefits, state officials said Monday, confirming a number smaller than originally feared but one that still accounts for more than 11% of all benefits paid since the start of the pandemic.
State officials blamed nearly all of that fraud on a hastily…

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