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California.
Hi, new here and figured you guys or ladies would be able to give me advice on my problem. I got two letters claiming overpayment fraud from California Employment Development Department citing that I violated one of their rules which includes a penalty. One citing an overpayment in the amount of $975.00 has been charged to your account in connection with a claim for unemployment insurance. Benefits were paid before it was known that you had quit your job without good cause. The other letter cited the same thing but for $1170.00. They claim that I made willful false statements, or I withheld relevant information.
I'm going to go ahead and list the back story for information. I worked for my job that I claimed benefits for from 03/11 - 01/12. I got laid off, which is grounds for receiving benefits. During that time I started to claim benefits 02/28/12. I did not receive nor claim benefits from 04/24/12 - 06/21/12 because during this time I moved out of state (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and got a job in New Mexico working for Wal-mart. I worked there from 05/08/12 - 06/05/12 in which on 06/05/12 I moved back to California. As soon as I started living back in California I started to claim benefits for my old job that I got laid off from. My first payment came 06/22/12. I received benefits while being unemployed until 09/01/12. I stopped receiving benefits for my old job after they scheduled a re-eligibility interview in which I declined the offer. I stated that I didn't want their benefits any longer and I was going to find a job within the month. They sent me a letter of determination that they have as of 9/12 that they have denied my claim for benefits. I tried to re-open my claim for Job that I got laid off from as of 01/13 and listed Wal-mart as a job I worked for in New Mexico. Since doing this EDD has charged me with overpayment fraud. The overpayment fraud charges are for 06/09/12, 06/16/12, 06/23/12, 06/30/12, 07/07/12, 07/14/12, 07/21/12, 07/28/12, 08/04/12, 08/11/12, and 08/18/12. During these dates I was completely and honestly unemployed. I did not work, receive money from anyone else and lived with my parent as a dependent. These are all overpayment charges for $150.00 each respectively.
Now what I don't understand is that you can still work part time and still receive benefits which still doesn't matter since I never claimed any benefits while working for Wal-Mart. They are accusing me of overcharging fraud for my old company which was completely ok to claim benefits from since I was laid off. I never claimed any benefit from Wal-Mart since I quit, I only claimed benefits from my old job. Why are they accusing me of overpayments if it was completely ok for me to claim benefits from a position I was laid off from?
Is this a mistake? They are charging me for overpayment fraud on a false premise that I was claiming benefits from a position that I quit from. They are also charging me overpayment fraud on a claim that I denied benefits from once they scheduled a re-eligibility interview. Also if I were to claim benefits for walmart it would be only $50.00 a week instead of $150.00, which is another oversight in their mathematical reasoning.
I appreciate the help if there is any to offer.
California.
Hi, new here and figured you guys or ladies would be able to give me advice on my problem. I got two letters claiming overpayment fraud from California Employment Development Department citing that I violated one of their rules which includes a penalty. One citing an overpayment in the amount of $975.00 has been charged to your account in connection with a claim for unemployment insurance. Benefits were paid before it was known that you had quit your job without good cause. The other letter cited the same thing but for $1170.00. They claim that I made willful false statements, or I withheld relevant information.
I'm going to go ahead and list the back story for information. I worked for my job that I claimed benefits for from 03/11 - 01/12. I got laid off, which is grounds for receiving benefits. During that time I started to claim benefits 02/28/12. I did not receive nor claim benefits from 04/24/12 - 06/21/12 because during this time I moved out of state (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and got a job in New Mexico working for Wal-mart. I worked there from 05/08/12 - 06/05/12 in which on 06/05/12 I moved back to California. As soon as I started living back in California I started to claim benefits for my old job that I got laid off from. My first payment came 06/22/12. I received benefits while being unemployed until 09/01/12. I stopped receiving benefits for my old job after they scheduled a re-eligibility interview in which I declined the offer. I stated that I didn't want their benefits any longer and I was going to find a job within the month. They sent me a letter of determination that they have as of 9/12 that they have denied my claim for benefits. I tried to re-open my claim for Job that I got laid off from as of 01/13 and listed Wal-mart as a job I worked for in New Mexico. Since doing this EDD has charged me with overpayment fraud. The overpayment fraud charges are for 06/09/12, 06/16/12, 06/23/12, 06/30/12, 07/07/12, 07/14/12, 07/21/12, 07/28/12, 08/04/12, 08/11/12, and 08/18/12. During these dates I was completely and honestly unemployed. I did not work, receive money from anyone else and lived with my parent as a dependent. These are all overpayment charges for $150.00 each respectively.
Now what I don't understand is that you can still work part time and still receive benefits which still doesn't matter since I never claimed any benefits while working for Wal-Mart. They are accusing me of overcharging fraud for my old company which was completely ok to claim benefits from since I was laid off. I never claimed any benefit from Wal-Mart since I quit, I only claimed benefits from my old job. Why are they accusing me of overpayments if it was completely ok for me to claim benefits from a position I was laid off from?
Is this a mistake? They are charging me for overpayment fraud on a false premise that I was claiming benefits from a position that I quit from. They are also charging me overpayment fraud on a claim that I denied benefits from once they scheduled a re-eligibility interview. Also if I were to claim benefits for walmart it would be only $50.00 a week instead of $150.00, which is another oversight in their mathematical reasoning.
I appreciate the help if there is any to offer.