The biggest fraud in US history: Watch the full EDD fraud documentary Easy Money

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  • Опубликовано: 21 янв 2025

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  • @charlesrobert6211
    @charlesrobert6211 2 года назад +375

    Makes me wonder if some people working within the EDD are part of the scam.

    • @arthenarubin3196
      @arthenarubin3196 2 года назад +41

      They are

    • @thormeow1972
      @thormeow1972 2 года назад +24

      Yes, they were. Inside job. Washington state too

    • @_fukunicorn_164
      @_fukunicorn_164 2 года назад +36

      Highly unlikely as that would require someone to actually be WORKING inside the EDD.

    • @liambenyamin5482
      @liambenyamin5482 2 года назад +31

      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.

    • @liambenyamin5482
      @liambenyamin5482 2 года назад +10

      @@_fukunicorn_164 they only need clearance as an IT at either BofA or EDD or the debit card production cntr.

  • @Mary-io1mb
    @Mary-io1mb 2 года назад +71

    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.

    • @walloffire2225
      @walloffire2225 2 года назад

      Wow... So, the REAL criminals were captive and controlled by the Gov? BULLSHIT...this stinks like newsome, to me.

    • @denise985fyi
      @denise985fyi Год назад +2

      I would say the opposite. Unfortunately so many people abused the system but they will recoup a lot

    • @loh1870
      @loh1870 Год назад

      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

  • @naszay8641
    @naszay8641 2 года назад +31

    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

    • @jaa2271
      @jaa2271 2 года назад +3

      Fantastic observation - spotlights the differences in state government offices.

    • @obsidiansea
      @obsidiansea 2 года назад +2

      Very good point.

    • @PoorMansAlmanacNews
      @PoorMansAlmanacNews 4 месяца назад

      Aye, somebody else caught that 😅

  • @jr3587
    @jr3587 2 года назад +92

    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.

    • @lastminutequinn
      @lastminutequinn 2 года назад +3

      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.

    • @lastminutequinn
      @lastminutequinn 2 года назад +3

      @Mark Johnson ah, you must be one of the sheep.

    • @vickiss3750
      @vickiss3750 2 года назад +2

      There was an insider too

    • @originalandrewmark
      @originalandrewmark 2 года назад +3

      @@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

    • @lastminutequinn
      @lastminutequinn 2 года назад

      @@originalandrewmark wa - alaikum Salam

  • @David-mu1wz
    @David-mu1wz 3 года назад +147

    my peers ran up a quarter million off this while i got abused as an essential worker. things need to change.

    • @jetlife313
      @jetlife313 3 года назад +21

      Facts . Essential with no essential pay. I should’ve did it 😒

    • @a-listercrowley2737
      @a-listercrowley2737 3 года назад +6

      I got electrocuted
      It was great 👍

    • @xaviermccloud4586
      @xaviermccloud4586 3 года назад +4

      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.

    • @xaviermccloud4586
      @xaviermccloud4586 3 года назад

      @@a-listercrowley2737 Soooo you were working a job?

    • @a-listercrowley2737
      @a-listercrowley2737 2 года назад +2

      @@xaviermccloud4586 👍 um, yea.... job

  • @jaywholoveseveryone1721
    @jaywholoveseveryone1721 2 года назад +76

    Some of these thieves are actual employees of the organization. They would know how to do it better.

  • @lilpinkbubbles6592
    @lilpinkbubbles6592 2 года назад +113

    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.

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 2 года назад +13

      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!

    • @See_thru_it_all
      @See_thru_it_all 2 года назад +6

      Sounds like you feel like the nurses.

    • @TheCatzMeowMix
      @TheCatzMeowMix 2 года назад +4

      @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. .

    • @TheCatzMeowMix
      @TheCatzMeowMix 2 года назад +2

      @@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.

    • @robbiemichaels1592
      @robbiemichaels1592 2 года назад +3

      Your right! Unemployment was great and it won’t happen again! Shoulda got in when you could

  • @Rythmboy2
    @Rythmboy2 2 года назад +144

    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

    • @montneymon-ta-knee6810
      @montneymon-ta-knee6810 2 года назад +10

      it will never happen

    • @SpaceRanger187
      @SpaceRanger187 2 года назад +10

      yall keep voting for it and setting criminals free..so enjoy

    • @Nightfighter82
      @Nightfighter82 2 года назад +11

      They barely even get fired and when they do get fired they get a sweetheart severance package to keep their mouths shut.

    • @Minister1Little
      @Minister1Little 2 года назад +5

      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.

    • @LuxeprivaeMedia
      @LuxeprivaeMedia 2 года назад +1

      stop volunteering...🧐😎

  • @nowyouknowrealestate5703
    @nowyouknowrealestate5703 2 года назад +10

    There are no words to adequately sum up this level of incompetency on so many levels.

  • @andrewfilm6432
    @andrewfilm6432 3 года назад +29

    One person at EDD to deal with identity theft cases........
    That person quit. 😂😂

    • @TheRusselmuscle
      @TheRusselmuscle 8 месяцев назад

      My friend working at a car dealership in Lancaster CA had people coming in every single day buying cars with cash during the pandemic.

  • @scottfirst2362
    @scottfirst2362 2 года назад +23

    Unbelievable lack of response at all levels of government

    • @fractuss
      @fractuss 2 года назад +1

      All levels.

  • @Paul_in_Spanaway_2024
    @Paul_in_Spanaway_2024 2 года назад +23

    Why didn't they see in the database that the same address is being used multiple times???? Huge red flags. WTF

  • @user-eh2hj8bx6O
    @user-eh2hj8bx6O 2 года назад +20

    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.

  • @jogregg2392
    @jogregg2392 2 года назад +20

    Thank you KCRA. Excellent report and thank you for caring.

  • @thormeow1972
    @thormeow1972 2 года назад +154

    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

    • @__-nd5qi
      @__-nd5qi 2 года назад +7

      Well wasn't ppp set up as hand out first verify later, because it was the emergency response?

    • @mahterian4437
      @mahterian4437 2 года назад

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    • @alejandro.gestevez2867
      @alejandro.gestevez2867 2 года назад +4

      @@__-nd5qi orchestrated of course
      No doubt .

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 2 года назад +2

      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

    • @dominicancutttie1212
      @dominicancutttie1212 2 года назад +5

      facts ppp first round was rich people and mayor banks and companies

  • @michelleoliver1770
    @michelleoliver1770 2 года назад +30

    They need to be audited every year.

  • @mylodge312
    @mylodge312 2 года назад +4

    This was a FANTASTIC REVIEW OF STATE WORKERS NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE! Fire them!

  • @underthetornado
    @underthetornado 2 года назад +56

    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!!!!

    • @hitzoneproductions7858
      @hitzoneproductions7858 2 года назад +1

      How are able to work on Disability?

    • @mariohenriquez8599
      @mariohenriquez8599 2 года назад

      I profoundly agree with you. They are the most corrupt institution in the California socialist system.

    • @mariohenriquez8599
      @mariohenriquez8599 2 года назад +3

      @@hitzoneproductions7858 they do have jobs for people with disabilities. Dumbo.!

    • @virginiakillebrew1097
      @virginiakillebrew1097 2 года назад

      @@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

    • @idontknowmuch3441
      @idontknowmuch3441 2 года назад

      Why are you complaining and so mad? You have a job

  • @eddym5532
    @eddym5532 2 года назад +21

    The trouble with public employees many are lazy, arrogant and crooks.

  • @villagelightsmith4375
    @villagelightsmith4375 2 года назад +62

    "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!

    • @vidzzqueen
      @vidzzqueen 2 года назад +4

      ONE YEAR LATER
      NOTHING IS BUILT
      NOTHING IS BACK
      NOTHING IS BETTER
      JUST ALL TALK🤡🤡🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿

    • @sashatv382
      @sashatv382 2 года назад

      “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?

    • @suburbanhobbyist2752
      @suburbanhobbyist2752 2 года назад

      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.

  • @Richard.Sanchez
    @Richard.Sanchez 3 года назад +69

    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.

    • @SageBird6
      @SageBird6 2 года назад +5

      Same!

    • @littlegarykemple6040
      @littlegarykemple6040 2 года назад +4

      Me too

    • @frankierhodes3363
      @frankierhodes3363 2 года назад +5

      I hope you guys get your money that belongs to you. EDD ain't 💩.

    • @Zanzamor
      @Zanzamor 2 года назад +5

      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.

    • @frankierhodes3363
      @frankierhodes3363 2 года назад +2

      @@Zanzamor you got that 💩 right

  • @dubbschultz1
    @dubbschultz1 3 года назад +16

    I'm a mail carrier in Detroit Michigan and I've seen these letters in crazy amounts! Smh!

    • @olivergastelumjr3755
      @olivergastelumjr3755 2 года назад +2

      Your definitely guilty of this

    • @dubbschultz1
      @dubbschultz1 2 года назад +2

      @@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 😂

    • @LemonySnicket-EUC
      @LemonySnicket-EUC 2 года назад

      @@dubbschultz1if you were seeing this activity then you should have reported it to the proper authorities.

    • @dubbschultz1
      @dubbschultz1 2 года назад +1

      @@LemonySnicket-EUC I do let my supervisor know and then they get the postal police to check it out

    • @LemonySnicket-EUC
      @LemonySnicket-EUC 2 года назад

      @@dubbschultz1 you know, you had 2 different posts where you could have said that. Odd that you didn't untill now. JS.

  • @catherinepoloynis
    @catherinepoloynis 3 года назад +56

    This is a great documentary.

  • @lydiasinclair1126
    @lydiasinclair1126 9 месяцев назад +1

    This really needs to be shared all over again. The taxpayers in the USA really need to see just how well the pandemic was handled.

  • @radioroger1683
    @radioroger1683 3 года назад +48

    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

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 2 года назад

      how did they get the edd cards dosplayed at the addresses in the envelopes

  • @tarabelle7716
    @tarabelle7716 3 года назад +22

    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.

    • @xaviermccloud4586
      @xaviermccloud4586 3 года назад +1

      If you're disabled why don't you get disability??? OH YOU people always expect someone to cry for you.

    • @tarabelle7716
      @tarabelle7716 2 года назад +4

      @@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

    • @xaviermccloud4586
      @xaviermccloud4586 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @michelleayres5608
      @michelleayres5608 2 года назад

      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.

    • @tarabelle7716
      @tarabelle7716 2 года назад

      @@michelleayres5608 don't worry, I'm not actually offended I don't really get what he's trying to do at this point.

  • @capnseriousnap
    @capnseriousnap 2 года назад +4

    The mismanagement of those funds is sickening, how is it even possible? +19billion dollars stolen! Unbelievable.

  • @theheirofgrace8095
    @theheirofgrace8095 2 года назад +40

    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.

    • @samadhe8048
      @samadhe8048 2 года назад +2

      Indeed

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 2 года назад +3

      You still think the govt is here to help? 😂 😂 😂

    • @mariohenriquez8599
      @mariohenriquez8599 2 года назад

      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.

  • @adilhakam887
    @adilhakam887 3 года назад +23

    She retired with a full pension leaving the edd bankrupt , wonderfull

    • @frankierhodes3363
      @frankierhodes3363 2 года назад +3

      She probably had a few checks in there her goddamn self.

    • @wew5499
      @wew5499 2 года назад

      Yup. Did not give 1 single F$”&!

    • @garymiller4141
      @garymiller4141 2 года назад

      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.

  • @BluntressVidaLoca
    @BluntressVidaLoca 2 года назад +91

    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

    • @karma4872
      @karma4872 2 года назад +6

      Don’t worry karma will get them

    • @hitzoneproductions7858
      @hitzoneproductions7858 2 года назад +2

      @@karma4872 You're beautiful

    • @karma4872
      @karma4872 2 года назад +2

      Great Here we Go…Oh, just to inform lots of people have been hacked lately. Leaving right there. Have a Blessed Day. Bismalah

    • @hitzoneproductions7858
      @hitzoneproductions7858 2 года назад

      @@karma4872???

    • @johnhumphreys168
      @johnhumphreys168 2 года назад +2

      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.

  • @sharondavis787
    @sharondavis787 2 года назад +18

    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.

    • @izzy858
      @izzy858 2 года назад +4

      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.

  • @Mike-fj2ln
    @Mike-fj2ln 2 года назад +20

    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.

  • @user-DeDub
    @user-DeDub 2 года назад +146

    This is what happens when there is zero accountability from EDD/DOL.

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 2 года назад +9

      AGREED.

    • @calibomber209
      @calibomber209 2 года назад +13

      its funny how when they were called by authorities no one answered the phone and the boss quits.

    • @jessiferri2922
      @jessiferri2922 2 года назад +3

      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.

    • @ShalomShalom-d5c
      @ShalomShalom-d5c 2 года назад +3

      Absolutely

    • @_fukunicorn_164
      @_fukunicorn_164 2 года назад +1

      This is also what happens when a department is extremely underfunded.

  • @Livetoeat171
    @Livetoeat171 2 года назад +10

    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.

  • @davidcohen7280
    @davidcohen7280 2 года назад +66

    1 EDD card was worth 30k and could get shipped anywhere, everybody wanted one. It was like the new California gold rush

    • @crystalmielcossey
      @crystalmielcossey 2 года назад +3

      Some cards were worth 50k

    • @ishtlutz1261
      @ishtlutz1261 2 года назад

      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

    • @michelemcguire8995
      @michelemcguire8995 2 года назад

      What does EDD stand for?

    • @michelemcguire8995
      @michelemcguire8995 2 года назад

      Oh I know. Nevermind..inside scammers

    • @michelemcguire8995
      @michelemcguire8995 2 года назад

      It was a ponzy scheme to break the banks

  • @rjchavers9267
    @rjchavers9267 2 года назад +2

    I will never understand the level of greed some people are motivated by.

  • @stevekutra6365
    @stevekutra6365 3 года назад +33

    So who at EDD were arrested and prosecuted?

    • @radioroger1683
      @radioroger1683 3 года назад +8

      NEVER HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS!

    • @anderson088
      @anderson088 2 года назад +5

      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👍

  • @ArtbyAtlas
    @ArtbyAtlas 2 года назад +13

    This whole saga peaked when the guy dropped a song about EDD. It was all downhill after that lol

  • @ruralangwin
    @ruralangwin 3 года назад +32

    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.

  • @mikesanders4012
    @mikesanders4012 2 года назад +29

    Infuriating beyond measure. These criminals,at every level, should be punished & exposed

    • @giusmaximus3541
      @giusmaximus3541 2 года назад +1

      Could it be...that the u.s. is now a criminally run enterprise...operated by criminals... for benefit of...yes...criminals.

  • @maaz2all
    @maaz2all 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @juliustate5553
    @juliustate5553 Год назад +1

    The Department of Justice should continue to pursue all cases of PPP Loan Fraud, no one should be allowed to walk away free from Criminal Prosecution !!!

  • @indiesindie1984
    @indiesindie1984 2 года назад +5

    Complete utter Incompetence!

  • @s.graham1966
    @s.graham1966 2 года назад +1

    Oh my gosh. This is ridiculous.

  • @AutoHoax
    @AutoHoax 2 года назад +22

    The government played a part in this for sure.

  • @joelwillems4081
    @joelwillems4081 2 года назад +8

    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.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 года назад

      No, it wasn't "OR" it was "AND".

  • @jbizzle1966
    @jbizzle1966 2 года назад +27

    Perfect example of the criminal incompetence of the state government of California. The people who administer EDD should be in jail.

    • @ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr
      @ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr 2 года назад

      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?

    • @jbizzle1966
      @jbizzle1966 2 года назад

      @@ihatesignupsgrrrrrrr what exactly is a federal state employee?

    • @djscrewedchopped
      @djscrewedchopped 2 года назад

      @@jbizzle1966 he didnt say that read it again

  • @benfranklin1770
    @benfranklin1770 2 года назад +11

    This is what happens when a director has been around for 37 years!

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 2 года назад

      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.

    • @wew5499
      @wew5499 2 года назад

      True!!

  • @jefferia8
    @jefferia8 3 года назад +20

    I’d like to know what the mail man was thinking.

    • @radioroger1683
      @radioroger1683 3 года назад +2

      Most don't care, They are the eyes, BUT they are soo blind and crooked

    • @woke72
      @woke72 3 года назад +3

      The mailman/lady had to be on it.

  • @marceden8185
    @marceden8185 2 года назад +2

    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.

  • @johngilles9371
    @johngilles9371 2 года назад +4

    same in texas, homies pulling up to walmart in a BMW whipping out their lonestar card for steaks

  • @cecilbdemento7736
    @cecilbdemento7736 2 года назад +26

    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.

    • @speckintime6953
      @speckintime6953 2 года назад +3

      BINGO 😈

    • @relatablerealness973
      @relatablerealness973 2 года назад

      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!

  • @carolinechung2396
    @carolinechung2396 3 года назад +18

    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.

    • @timg2973
      @timg2973 3 года назад +1

      Proof? Or you just hate?

    • @protectork9831
      @protectork9831 3 года назад +1

      @@timg2973 it's hate sprinkled with lots of ignorance

    • @oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066
      @oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066 3 года назад +1

      Caroline Chung: Very Well Said !!! Nothing can be added to your statement. I agree with All you said !

    • @MsIcollins
      @MsIcollins 3 года назад +3

      Thank you there crimes are white collar crimes an never get consequences for it

    • @Intersimonedennis2
      @Intersimonedennis2 2 года назад +2

      I think you forgot to mention the military-industrial complex but I am looking for a $45,000 beryllium bronze hammer.

  • @LeeF945
    @LeeF945 2 года назад +1

    This is MINDBLOWING!

  • @idaliaamigo1346
    @idaliaamigo1346 2 года назад +12

    The store owners were just as willing to take the money! Shame on them when they became aware!

  • @dotnettex
    @dotnettex 2 года назад +15

    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.

    • @hollydowns2279
      @hollydowns2279 2 года назад

      You are a comic, right? The BoA has np charging triple the "fees" they now rob from you

  • @clutchcargo2419
    @clutchcargo2419 2 года назад +8

    These crooks need to go away for life.

  • @geoffreyhughes1
    @geoffreyhughes1 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great work! Journalism is still valid in some places.

  • @jefferytunney3898
    @jefferytunney3898 2 года назад +19

    "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.

    • @sylvainthibeault3447
      @sylvainthibeault3447 2 года назад

      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.

  • @ThomasLeonard454
    @ThomasLeonard454 2 года назад +2

    This is what investigators news used to be, Kudos.

  • @user-eh2hj8bx6O
    @user-eh2hj8bx6O 2 года назад +4

    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.

  • @Lions7.62mm
    @Lions7.62mm 2 года назад

    Wow that was the quickest 53 minutes of my life‼️ I had no interest in this video but it started playing and before I could click away, I was already glued to my screen, feeling like I was going insane 😂

  • @hermanschweizer9717
    @hermanschweizer9717 2 года назад +7

    The whole EDD department should be dissolved and rebuilt from scratch, this is total disregard of our taxes, heads need to roll!!!

  • @mikeseal3053
    @mikeseal3053 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the education 🙏🏾. Real people are working harder

  • @cesarmedina7080
    @cesarmedina7080 2 года назад +56

    "Large amounts of cash are being seized". Yeah and how much of it goes right into the pockets of the cops who "seize it".

  • @fractuss
    @fractuss 2 года назад +46

    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.

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy 2 года назад

      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".

  • @JBD3142
    @JBD3142 2 года назад +13

    It's amazing the systems these fraudsters come up with. Would it kill them to get a legitimate job and apply those skills?

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 2 года назад

      Crony capitalism, the capital flows to where government sends it instead of where the market needs it.

    • @ramon2008
      @ramon2008 2 года назад

      Why would they do that when they can just get thousands and thousands off of Edds incompetence

  • @gregoutman2190
    @gregoutman2190 2 года назад +9

    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

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 2 года назад

      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.

  • @perugino25
    @perugino25 3 года назад +20

    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!!!!

    • @nunyabizness573
      @nunyabizness573 2 года назад

      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.

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 2 года назад

      @@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!

  • @Handsfreebull
    @Handsfreebull 2 года назад +26

    Seems like there’s a system of love towards criminals and strangulation to law obiding citizens.

    • @janahicks1477
      @janahicks1477 Год назад

      It's called Marxism and they are taking down our country.

  • @timg2973
    @timg2973 3 года назад +19

    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.

    • @thormeow1972
      @thormeow1972 2 года назад +1

      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.

  • @DrewS777
    @DrewS777 2 года назад +2

    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.

  • @roberttuss5349
    @roberttuss5349 2 года назад +9

    Remind me to never move to California.

  • @JamesHahnII
    @JamesHahnII 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @desperadodeluxe2292
    @desperadodeluxe2292 3 года назад +15

    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.

  • @madamemoi-zelle4913
    @madamemoi-zelle4913 2 года назад +5

    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..???😖

  • @yodathecatttttt
    @yodathecatttttt 2 года назад +15

    The issue is that people at the EDD were told sometime in April 2020 to go in and just do a sweep to approve all EDD claims, obviously that would’ve included fraudulent claims. I would want to know who made that decision and I would bet it was based on pressure by outside entity such as the governor or his office in order to get in to people needed it timely. This is information I received directly from a representative at the EDD when I called to make an inquiry not related to my own claim but a business issue with employee claims.

    • @dougankrum3328
      @dougankrum3328 2 года назад +2

      You're right. With the COVID-19, it was..."Just give them the $$$"....not even enough people working at EDD to bother checking every claim.

    • @sashatv382
      @sashatv382 2 года назад

      EDD should have already had a computer system in place to flag/reject/investigate any household with the same address and/or the same name! That’s just common sense. No extra employees needed to flag. The computer does the job!🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @ramon2008
      @ramon2008 2 года назад

      That is most likely correct. Now the edd is finally looking into all the claims that were filed. It’s not the edds fault it’s the people who are running California. The edd was not equipped to handle this.

    • @vickiss3750
      @vickiss3750 2 года назад

      The sad part is the way they try to recoup the money is by making people pay it back because of a lack of proof of job search....um but there were no jobs due to the shutdown???

    • @captinbeyond
      @captinbeyond Год назад +1

      @@ramon2008 IT was totally EDD fault. Screening for fraud is exactly why they exist. And they decided to stop using the software company that could have stopped some of this. They saved $2 million a year but let fraud run up to $30 billion.

  • @melissareece8656
    @melissareece8656 2 года назад +1

    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 🙄

  • @BluntressVidaLoca
    @BluntressVidaLoca 2 года назад +6

    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

  • @yada769
    @yada769 2 года назад +48

    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.

    • @jenniferdorr9781
      @jenniferdorr9781 2 года назад +3

      Doigetmystimulscheck

    • @JosephKulik2016
      @JosephKulik2016 2 года назад +5

      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.

    • @JosephKulik2016
      @JosephKulik2016 2 года назад

      @@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.

  • @Fun4GA
    @Fun4GA 2 года назад +7

    People need to go to prison over this, and some of them work for EDD!!!

  • @hephaestus6365
    @hephaestus6365 2 года назад +8

    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.

  • @scottynails
    @scottynails 2 года назад +5

    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.

  • @nitaamora
    @nitaamora 2 года назад +3

    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.

    • @jesseluciano1388
      @jesseluciano1388 2 года назад

      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🤣

  • @joycejoycebuns3610
    @joycejoycebuns3610 2 года назад +7

    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!

  • @marcopolodarts
    @marcopolodarts 2 года назад +1

    Currently all credit card statements must be provided on the statement the length of time it will take to pay off the balance. This is an old documentary that is still very useful today.

  • @perugino25
    @perugino25 3 года назад +19

    at my office, I was receiving at least 6 envelopes a day which I was sending back to the sender; I knew it was fraud!!!! Our unemployment insurance is to the roof!!!! thanks a lot state employees which shows one more time how incapable to do your job properly. In private sector, we are accountable, big difference!!!

    • @xaviermccloud4586
      @xaviermccloud4586 3 года назад +2

      Wait... You sent back envelopes without doing the necessary work to see if they were actual fraud cases? Sounds like someone needs to be fired.
      Also why go through the trouble of using this symbol (;) when right after you use 4 exclamation marks instead of 3??? LOL! YOU DID IT twice at that and even didn't capitalize a beginning word.
      STFU!

    • @Rythmboy2
      @Rythmboy2 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, not that accountable in the private sector either. How many Enron executives went to prison? How many bankers went to prison for literally bringing the economy down in the 2007 subprime crisis, after making hundreds of billions in profits? Oh yeah, zero people

    • @STScott-qo4pw
      @STScott-qo4pw 2 года назад

      @@Rythmboy2 i was thinking the same frigging thing. thanks for your comment.
      btw, i wouldn't have been half as civil...

  • @fonda7760
    @fonda7760 2 года назад +13

    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.

  • @anniephung951
    @anniephung951 3 года назад +9

    I received multiples EDD mail seven different names. I send all back to EDD fraud department it cost me $5.60 at postal office

    • @radioroger1683
      @radioroger1683 3 года назад +3

      My neighbor got several and I took them to the post office, wrote Fraud and return to sender, cost us nothing.

    • @anniephung951
      @anniephung951 3 года назад +2

      @@radioroger1683 I call EDD fraud department they ask me not to give it to post office. They provide me the direct address to send it to

    • @radioroger1683
      @radioroger1683 3 года назад +2

      @@anniephung951 - Unless they were going to accept it collect, I would be Damned if I was going to pay for the postage!

    • @tanya8131971
      @tanya8131971 3 года назад +1

      @@radioroger1683 You do realize people from the post office steal mail. I wouldn't be surprised if they took the debit card and spent the money.

  • @michelleoliver1770
    @michelleoliver1770 2 года назад +16

    Also this is just another example of America 🇺🇸 disdain for holding ppl accountable when Sh#@ goes sideways in the agencies.

  • @teague9910
    @teague9910 2 года назад +9

    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.

  • @carolharrison5780
    @carolharrison5780 2 года назад +1

    Is this number even counting all the deceased people that got checks?

  • @daklakdigital3691
    @daklakdigital3691 2 года назад +10

    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.

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 2 года назад

      If only…the government was overreaching in the prosecution of fraud. Instead the government overreaches into the pockets of honest producers in our society.

  • @ES-mh5rd
    @ES-mh5rd 2 года назад +1

    why is it that the postal workers delivering edd mail to empty address not notice this?

  • @metrobytmobile6844
    @metrobytmobile6844 2 года назад +5

    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.

    • @stevenroshni1228
      @stevenroshni1228 2 года назад

      Hopefully not, I don't think there have been many arrests but false would be one too many.

  • @joehorridge1395
    @joehorridge1395 2 года назад +2

    How could you not see this happening before it started this baffles standard intelligence beyond belief surely ....? ....!!!!!?

  • @leizylromero
    @leizylromero 2 года назад +28

    The post office couldn’t return the letters back to edd so that it was at least in a safe place? A mail carrier didn’t look at the stack of envelopes and thought it was suspicious? It sounds like neglect on edd and the post office’s part.

    • @margyiphillips4931
      @margyiphillips4931 2 года назад +2

      "Somebody" is deliberately flooding the population with money. I wonder why...

    • @egyptnz27
      @egyptnz27 2 года назад +1

      THEY ALL IN ON STEALING YOUR MONEY ,THEY SET UP A FAKE GOVT DEPTS,EINZ, SOCIAL SECURITY

    • @secretzombie3976
      @secretzombie3976 2 года назад +3

      The post office did exactly what they were supposed to do, take the mail to the address that the mail was addressed too. The EDD and the fraudsters are the ones who are at fault. The EDD had to know, the question is, were they encouraged to do it, and why? And it really makes me question the election now since state institutions can be this incompetent and reckless.

    • @t-dgonzalez2012
      @t-dgonzalez2012 2 года назад +1

      The carrier’s job is simply to deliver. The mail is sorted at the postal station by machines. It’s not the fault of USPS.

    • @rogerrosen2323
      @rogerrosen2323 2 года назад +1

      yes seems some adresses the envlopes were discovered before they could be used how did the innocent people have all those mail from edd

  • @age_of_reason
    @age_of_reason 2 года назад +12

    "Our focus is on financially motivated criminal activity." That's government newspeak. As if there is some other type of motivation for criminal activity.

  • @IamCaleum
    @IamCaleum 2 года назад +7

    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.

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 2 года назад

      Valid observation. The bleed out is not as apparent when its due to engorged parasites instead of a pool of blood.

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 2 года назад +12

    If you didn’t vote to recall Governor Newsom you deserve whatever EDD dishes out to you

    • @Intersimonedennis2
      @Intersimonedennis2 2 года назад +2

      More like doesn't dish out to the rightful applicants, I think the EDD might be complicit with the fraud.

    • @Intersimonedennis2
      @Intersimonedennis2 2 года назад +1

      Gavin Newsom is an inept fraud himself.

    • @wew5499
      @wew5499 2 года назад

      Maybe true.. lol