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As much as $31 billion in California unemployment funds paid to scammers

Employment Development Department - EDD (FILE)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KERO) — As much as $31 billion in California unemployment funds have been paid to scammers.

Monday state officials said that at least 10 percent of Employment Development Department payments since March were fraudulent. Some of the payments came from state funds and some of it was federally funded.

Julie Su, California's top labor official said the majority of fraud was through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program created by Congress. She said the federal program lacked employment and personal identification processes.

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