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By G BiZ
Dec 19, 2020
A Northern California woman has collected tens of thousands in EDD unemployment funds, and she s done it all by posing as Congressional Senator Dianne Feinstein. 43-year-old Andrea M. Gervais was arrested for mail fraud, as part of an investigation into widespread fraud in the state’s distribution of unemployment benefits. Gervais was apparently fired by EDD in 2018 and clearly, since her release, has been in possession of social security numbers belonging to California residents throughout the state.
The unemployment agency was approving claims in mass during the beginning of Covid. Rushed & sometimes sloppy claim approvals coupled with expanded benefits approved by Congress and carrying few safeguards, has made it extremely easier for criminals to get over on the system. Last week, Bank of America, who distributes the EDD funds to unemployment recipients told state lawmakers they ve discovered nearly 345,000 fraudulent claims. Claims all totaling a net w
By G BiZ
Dec 19, 2020
A Northern California woman has collected tens of thousands in EDD unemployment funds, and she s done it all by posing as Congressional Senator Dianne Feinstein. 43-year-old Andrea M. Gervais was arrested for mail fraud, as part of an investigation into widespread fraud in the state’s distribution of unemployment benefits. Gervais was apparently fired by EDD in 2018 and clearly, since her release, has been in possession of social security numbers belonging to California residents throughout the state.
The unemployment agency was approving claims in mass during the beginning of Covid. Rushed & sometimes sloppy claim approvals coupled with expanded benefits approved by Congress and carrying few safeguards, has made it extremely easier for criminals to get over on the system. Last week, Bank of America, who distributes the EDD funds to unemployment recipients told state lawmakers they ve discovered nearly 345,000 fraudulent claims. Claims all totaling a net w
Scammer uses Dianne Feinstein’s name to claim unemployment benefits in California, feds say [San Francisco Chronicle]
Dec. 18 Dianne Feinstein has been a U.S. senator from California for almost three decades, during which her name and image have graced countless news pieces. But apparently no one at the California Employment Development Department noticed when Feinstein or rather a scammer using her name and Social Security number filed for unemployment benefits, collecting $21,000.
That same fraudster collected at least $200,000 in benefits using multiple names at an address in Roseville (Placer County), federal investigators said Thursday.
“Think about this for a minute: EDD issues a debit card to Senator Dianne Feinstein!” Assemblymember Jim Patterson, R-Fresno, said in a statement. “How does that happen? I’ll tell you how, EDD is complicit in the fraud by mailing out Social Security numbers to scammers; or they are utterly incompetent by not even checking eligibi
Scammer uses Dianne Feinstein s name to claim unemployment benefits in California, feds say
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Federal investigators say California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was impersonated by someone who applied to and received unemployment benefits through the Employment Development Department.Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images
Dianne Feinstein has been a U.S. senator from California for almost three decades, during which her name and image have graced countless news pieces. But apparently no one at the California Employment Development Department noticed when Feinstein or rather a scammer using her name and Social Security number filed for unemployment benefits, collecting $21,000.
That same fraudster collected at least $200,000 in benefits using a number of names at an address in Roseville (Placer County), federal investigators said Thursday.