State officials have hired former federal prosecutor McGregor Scott to serve as special counsel to assist in investigating fraud in California's unemployment benefits system.
Faced with widespread fraud in California’s unemployment benefit system, state officials said Tuesday they have hired former federal prosecutor McGregor Scott to serve as special counsel to assist in the investigations of bogus claims filed by international criminal organizations, prison inmates and others.
in benefits were paid on fraudulent claims, and there are an additional $19 billion in suspicious claims under investigation.Last year, the state began matching personal information from claimants to list of prison inmates and hired a contractor to verify the identity of people filing for jobless benefits.
He had previously served in the same position from 2003 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, and he was twice elected Shasta County district attorney.
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