During the month of September, federal investigators have arrested 44 people in Beverly Hills who were involved in a complex fraud ring involving unemployment benefits obtained from the EDD by out-of-state individuals using stolen identities. Those arrests netted 129 EDD debit cards with a total value exceeding $2.5 million, along with $289,000 in cash and seven handguns. The funds on the debit cards could be as high as $20,000 and cardholders are able to withdraw up to $1,000 per day, per card. The EDD is looking at a segment of PUA applications that may have used a vulnerability in the PUA system to fraudulently obtain the benefits. (https://apnews.com/article/arrests-california-archive-2f6f6392a5f3c32312048c0aa77c7770)
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