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    Default Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: CA

    Hello,

    I know it's my mistake to have other income while collecting UI. I would like to contact EDD about that and pay them $$ back. How do i go about doing that?

    I found report fraud phone # on their website so do i just call them? Will this result in jail time??

    Another thing is i quit my job a few months ago already and now they want to audit me for july/2009 - sep/2009 and i dont know how should i fill the form if i wanna report myself anyways?

    One more thing, will EDD contact my old employer regarding this overpayment thing?

    PLEASE HELP if you have any experience.

    Thanks a lot!

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Ui

    California has a lot more to worry about than trying to put people in jail for unemployment fraud.

    Call the number. They will most likely work out a repayment arrangement with you; or, if you are still receiving benefits, will withhold further benefits until the overpayment is paid off. I don't think they contact the previous employer automatically; at this point, it's between you and the state, not you and the previous employer.

    Here's how California works this with the employer. Quarterly, at some point after the quarterly wage reports are processed by the state, the state does a cross-check against the UI files. Then the state sends a form to the employer who reported the wages. The form contains a box for each week that you received benefits, and the employer must state if they paid you in any of those weeks and, if so, how much. So it will be discovered anyway. Better you handle it now than wait until this all comes out in the wash.

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    Patty,

    Thanks for your reply.

    NO, i stop getting UI last Nov already.

    In regarding previous employer, didnt they pay some of the money i got from UI?? I dont think they will ask me to pay those money back correct?

    Thanks for your help

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    I'm not sure I understand your follow-up question. At this point, it is between you and the state.

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    The state will simply send you a notice of overpayment and ask that you repay the amount the state overpaid in uc compensation.

    I do not anticipate they will take any legal action unless the amount is into the thousands.

    Otherwise they will simply wait for you to collect uc again and will deduct it from your weekly benefits until it is paid off.

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Ui

    Quote Quoting PattyPA
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    California has a lot more to worry about than trying to put people in jail for unemployment fraud.
    Patty:
    I would agree with you, in fact, a year ago, I would have said the same thing... until a friend of mine was charged and convicted for defrauding the EDD for the exact same thing the OP did. Unbelieavable and if I weren't there to see it, I wouldn't have believed it. Yes, he did jail time (minimal), but he also spent a year on probation.

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    Patty:
    I would agree with you, in fact, a year ago, I would have said the same thing... until a friend of mine was charged and convicted for defrauding the EDD for the exact same thing the OP did. Unbelieavable and if I weren't there to see it, I wouldn't have believed it. Yes, he did jail time (minimal), but he also spent a year on probation.
    Wow, that surprises me, but thanks for posting.

    BTW, OP, it's not that it is fraud to earn wages while you are receiving UI. The fraud part is not reporting those wages when you file your continuing claims. If you were working part-time, you may have been eligible for partial benefits. Probably too late now, though.

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    Yeah, imagine my surprise because I had just finished telling him not to worry about it. They'll get a judgment against him, probably time bar him from receiving benefits and make him pay it back with penalties.

    He got that summons to go to court and I said Oh **** this is bad, but don't worry about it. When they took him into custody that day, I almost passed out.

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    Hi CourtClerk,

    Now im really worried.

    Did he report himself or did EDD find out about it?

    I did stop receiving UI a while back. Can you tell me more about his situation?? Thank you very much for your help.

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    Default Re: Earning Other Income While Collecting Unemployment Insurance

    Quote Quoting chloe2000
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    Hi CourtClerk,

    Now im really worried.

    Did he report himself or did EDD find out about it?

    I did stop receiving UI a while back. Can you tell me more about his situation?? Thank you very much for your help.
    EDD found out about it after he was audited. He didn't report that he was working while he was receiving benefits.

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