China Overseas Chinese Network, October 11th. According to the US "World Journal" report, an elderly Chinese man in Rosemead, Los Angeles County, who has been paralyzed for many years, applied for unemployment benefits with the help of a lawyer in August this year. When the first amount of money was reached, the old man thought about it and felt deeply disturbed. In early October, he called the California Employment Development Department (EDD) to ask if he could use the money. The reply was no.

　　Ms. J, a senior EDD staff member, received a call from the elderly, “I clearly told him that the money cannot be used. If it is used, it will cause a series of troubles.” According to Ms. J’s account, at the end of August, a lawyer took the disabled elderly I received a hotel in the San Gabriel Valley where I helped the elderly apply for unemployment benefits. "The elderly have been paralyzed for more than ten years and have been in wheelchairs. They have no way of working or doing business. How can they apply for unemployment benefits?"

　　Ms. J said that this is a typical unemployment benefit fraud. "This old man has received the first unemployment benefit. He asked me what to do. I said that if the card is returned intact, we will not pursue the matter. "During the phone call, Ms. J asked the old man why he was claiming unemployment benefits. The old man replied that she didn't know anything. At that time, the lawyer helped to apply.

　　EDD has recently received multiple reports of similar cases, all in the same hotel. A man who claimed to be Lawyer Chen helped the elderly apply for unemployment benefits. EDD has been involved in investigating the case and said it will strictly investigate illegal people who claim unemployment benefits.

At the same time, many Chinese reported that many elderly people have applied for unemployment benefits with the help of this lawyer. Some elderly people have even received more than US$10,000.

　　Ms. J said that EDD is not a social welfare organization. It is a government agency that specializes in helping the unemployed. If the elderly have a job or business and file taxes normally, they can of course receive unemployment subsidies. Otherwise, they are defrauding government bailout payments. Will take advantage of the ignorance and greed of some elderly people, use specious language to confuse the elderly and confuse their concepts.” EDD unemployment benefits are usually targeted at workers receiving W2 salaries. Since March 29 last year, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the federal government is particularly Grants, all self-employed people can also apply for unemployment benefits, but the extension to September 4 this year has all ended.

　　Ms. J pointed out that if the elderly do not have work income, but pretend to receive unemployment benefits, they will wait for a fine. All the money received will be refunded. If there is no money to refund, the government will deduct the Supplemental Security Income. Withdraw money.

At the same time, the credit of the elderly will also be greatly affected, and those with serious circumstances may be jailed.

　　Some elderly people involved in this case stated that they did not know the details of the forms filled in during the application.

But Ms. J said, “All the signatures are signed by the old man himself. If the old man says that he doesn’t know anything in court, it’s useless, and he still has to bear the corresponding legal responsibility.”

　　For those who help the elderly to claim unemployment benefits, they naturally also have to bear legal responsibility.

But Ms. J did not hesitate to say, “These people are very difficult to catch. I have many similar cases in my hands. After the suspect helped others apply for unemployment benefits, they quickly disappeared and can’t be found again.” Ms. J also said that these were illegal. Even if the criminals are caught, because the documents do not have their signatures, they will inevitably state in the court that all the information is provided by the elderly, and they do not know the truth or not, so as to escape the guilt. In the end, only these elderly people who pretend to receive unemployment benefits are the most unlucky. .

(Shao Min)