District attorneys describe widespread unemployment fraud by prison inmates

by Astrid Casimire, Bay City News Foundation November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert discusses the scope of fraudulent unemployment benefit claims uncovered among California's prison population — a scam she called one of the largest ever perpetrated against the state's taxpayers. (Image courtesy of Sacramento County District Attorney's Office/Facebook)

California officials estimate that jail and prison inmates could have filed close to $1 billion in fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment assistance.

During a news conference on Tuesday, district attorneys of Sacramento, El Dorado, Kern and San Mateo counties described widespread unemployment fraud among inmates of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) facilities in their counties.

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