An unemployment scam operated out of California prisons sought a record $25 million from the state and U.S. governments, netting more than $5 million that went for vehicles, furniture, handbags and…
By DON THOMPSON | The Associated Press
This March 28, 2017 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Daryol Richmond. Richmond, is one of two California prison inmates who allegedly ran an unemployment scam that sought to defraud the California Economic Development Department of an estimated $25 million.
Yet it and the $5 million actual loss remains a fraction of the more than $20 billion in unemployment benefits that authorities believe has been stolen since March 2020 as the state approved fraudulent payments in the names of death row inmates and even U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Richmond is imprisoned at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, serving a nearly 25-year sentence as a repeat offender for robbery and attempted robbery with various enhancements, according to corrections officials.
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