Fraudulent Charges Appearing On Bank Of America EDD Debit Cards Of 350,000 Unemployed Californians

From CBS San Francisco:

October 29, 2020 at 10:41 am

BAY AREA — Something very scary is happening to thousands of unemployed Californians who receive their government benefits through a Bank of America debit card – their accounts are getting drained by fraudsters.

Bank of America has an exclusive contract with the State of California to handle Employment Development Department (EDD) benefits through special debit cards. About a month ago, we started hearing from people who have lost thousands of dollars they desperately need.

“My heart dropped. I was scared, you know,” said Tatiana Solorzano, still traumatized by a hack attack that happened a month ago. “I thought they were going to do it again!”

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