Prosecutors across California are claiming there is a widespread pattern of unemployment benefit fraud involving people locked away behind bars. Alleged recipients included convicted murderers like Scott Peterson.
Prosecutors across California are claiming there is a widespread pattern of unemployment benefit fraud involving people locked away behind bars. Alleged recipients included convicted murderers like Scott Peterson. The investigation into these allegations stems from in-state jails and prison, where sources cited by The Los Angeles Times said that investigators caught wind of it when recording inmates’ phone conversations out in Lassen and San Mateo Counties. Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said that her office discovered $16 million of alleged fraud in her county, and that she had never seen anything of this scope in her 36 years as a prosecutor.
