District attorneys announce multi-county EDD fraud case within jails, prisons

Jessica Mensch reports

MONEY SENT STRAIGHT TO THEM INJAIL.TONIGHT OFFICIALS ARECALLING ON THE GOVERNOR TOCONVICTED KILLERS AND OTHERPRISONERS ARE COLLECTING CASHMEANT FOR HARDWORKINGCALIFORNIANS OUT OF A CHOPTHAT MONEY WAS STOLEN.

FROMTHE COFFERS OF THE CALIFORNIASTATE GOVERNMENT SACRAMENTOCOUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ANNEMARIE SCHUBERT ANNOUNCEMENTFROM MARCH TO AUGUST INMATESACROSS THE STATE FILED ATFOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THEEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENTDEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY PAIDOUT 20,000 OF THOSE CLAIMSAMOUNTING TO WELL OVER140 MILLION DOLLARS INBENEFITS.IT EXISTS IN EVERY CDCRPRISON.

IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTYPE OF INMATE.

QUITE FRANKLYTHE INMATES ARE MOCKING US SANMATEO COUNTY DISTRICTATTORNEYS, STEPHEN WAGSTAFFESAYS THEY FIRST LEARNED OF THEFRAUD IN JULY AFTER HEARING ANINMATE DISCUSSING HIS PLANSOVER THE PHONE.IN MANY CASES THEY BELIEVEPRISONERS ARE WORKING WITHFAMILY AND FRIENDS ON THEOUTSIDE WHO FILED THE CLAIMSON THEIR BEHALF THECONSPIRATOR THEN COLLECTS ABANK CARD CASHES IT IN MONEYORDER TO THE INMATE IT'S OPENIN THE TORY US WITHIN THECORRECTIONAL FACILITIES BEINGDISCUSSED ABOUT HOWEVERYBODY'S GETTING PAID.

THEYPAID OUT UNDER THE NAMES OFNOTORIOUS KILLERS LIKE WESLEYSHERMANTINE DUBBED ONE OF THESPEED FREAK KILLERS IN SANJOAQUIN COUNTY.

ANOTHER FILEDUNDER SCOTT PETERSON'S NAMEMURDERING HIS WIFE AND UNBORNSON.

SOME THOUGH ARE FILEDUNDER FALSE NAMES JOHN DOE ORJOHN ADAMS.OR IN ONE CASE SOMEBODY HADTHE AUDACITY TO PUT THEIR NAMEHAS PUT THE BRIDGES THESEDISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE CALLINGON GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME TOSTEP IN AND INSTITUTE NEWMEASURES TO FIGHT THIS FRAUD.THEY SAY CALIFORNIA SHOULDHAVE A SYSTEM TO CROSSREFERENCE INCARCERATION DATAAGAINST A TD CLAIMS LIKE MORETHAN 30 STATES ACROSS THENEWSOME SAYS AFTER LEARNING OFTHE FIRST FRAUD CASE IN SANMATEO HE TOLD EDD TO WORK WITHTHE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSTO STARTED DATA MATCH OFIN A STATEMENT QUOTE TOEXPEDITE AND STRENGTHEN THESEEFFORTS I'VE DIRECTED THEOFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICESTO START UP A TASK FORCE TOCOORDINATE STATE EFFORTS ANDSUPPORT INVESTIGATIONS BY