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Easy Money outlines what is considered the worst taxpayer fraud in US history. $20 billion sent to fraudulent accounts across the country by California's unemployment department. It is the worst taxpa…
Threshold
Easy Money outlines what is considered the worst taxpayer fraud in US history. $20 billion sent to fraudulent accounts across the country by California's unemployment department. It is the worst taxpayer fraud in US history. From 2020 on, California's unemployment division, the Employment Development Department (EDD) paid out more than $20 billion to fraudulent accounts. Traveling the state of California and various locations in the US, this documentary details how the fraud unfolded and the major mistakes made by the state's unemployment division. The result was people across the country, even in jail and prison, getting money from California that didn't deserve it. From Beverly Hills - which saw people with stacks of debit cards and wads of cash - to Washington DC, where fraud monitoring companies started seeing dark web activity, the story of "Easy Money" shows the massive loss and heartbreaking details of people unable to get unemployment while others raked in the cash. —Dave Manoucheri, Producer/Director
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Easy Money outlines what is considered the worst taxpayer fraud in US history. $20 billion sent to fraudulent accounts across the country by California's unemployment department. It is the worst taxpayer fraud in US history.
From 2020 on, California's unemployment division, the Employment Development Department (EDD) paid out more than $20 billion to fraudulent accounts. Traveling the state of California and various locations in the US, this documentary details how the fraud unfolded and the major mistakes made by the state's unemployment division. The result was people across the country, even in jail and prison, getting money from California that didn't deserve it.
From Beverly Hills - which saw people with stacks of debit cards and wads of cash - to Washington DC, where fraud monitoring companies started seeing dark web activity, the story of "Easy Money" shows the massive loss and heartbreaking details of people unable to get unemployment while others raked in the cash. —Dave Manoucheri, Producer/Director.