A ruling by the Government Accountability Office allows Joe Biden to keep Julie Su in charge of the Labor Department without confirmation by the Senate. Before Biden tapped her for the post, Su headed California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA), which oversees the Employment Development Department (EDD), responsible for unemployment claims.
On Su’s watch, the EDD sent more than $31 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims to California, out of state, and out of the country. Scammers and convicts, file hundreds of fake claims, with no accountability in evidence. That problem did not disappear.
As the California Globe reports, “Bank of America quickly decided to get out of providing unemployment benefits, because of their part in the $32 billion in fraud and giving out outdated cards with no fraud prevention chips.” EDD has now turned to the Money Network for unemployment, disability, and Paid Family Leave debit card payments. As it happens, the Money Network also handled California’s middle class tax refund........