SF News Area Woman Charged With Cashing Unemployment Checks Using Identities of Scott Peterson and the ‘Yosemite Killer’ A former contractor at San Quentin Prison used the personal information of multiple inmates to pull in $145,000 worth of fraudulent EDD benefits over a two-year period, and one of the identities she used was that of Scott Peterson.
SF Politics Total Scope of California's Unemployment Check Fraud Was Around $20 Billion California state lawmakers held a hearing Monday with officials from the Employment Development Department (EDD), covering the agency's massive fraud problem in 2020, as well as the general dysfunction and bureaucracy in the department.
SF News San Leandro Man Charged Along With Two Others In $2M EDD Fraud Scheme Three people were charged earlier this month in one of the many fraud schemes uncovered during the pandemic in which unemployment claims were filed with the state under the names of incarcerated people and others.
SF News California EDD Confirmed to Be a Bloody Mess In New Auditor's Report A state auditor's report released Monday suggests that not only did the California Employment Development Department (EDD) mishandle hundreds of thousands of claims and leave legitimate unemployed claimants going hungry last year, but that possibly $30 billion was paid out to fraudsters.
SF News Massive Fraud Scheme Netted 'Hundreds of Millions' For CA Unemployment Scammers Using Prison Inmates' Names A scam involving the names and identities of tens of thousands of California prison inmates — including convicted wife murderer Scott Peterson — has apparently enabled scammers and some inmates themselves to make off with at least $140 million.
SF News Day Around the Bay: CA Legislators May Extend $600 Unemployment Supplement California legislators plan to fill in the gap if Senate Republicans try to decrease weekly supplemental unemployment benefits, vandals caused $200K in damages in Oakland, and former 49er Dana Stubblefield has been found guilty in a 2015 rape case.
SF News San Francisco's Minimum Wage: More Than A Hamilton In 2012 Starting January 1st, 2012 wage earners in San Francisco will be making a minimum of $10.24 per hour. Thanks to 2003's Prop L, which ensures the local minimum wage increases along with
