Coronavirus Unemployment Benefit Scam in California Sends Money to Death Row Inmates, Serial Killer

A scam caused California taxpayer money that was supposed to go toward COVID-related unemployment benefits to be sent to at least 20,000 prisoners, including well-known convicted murderers Scott Peterson and serial killer Cary Stayner.California approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, including Scott Peterson and Cary Stayner, said local and federal prosecutors on Tuesday, according to a report by Associated Press. “It involves rapists and child molesters, human traffickers and other violent criminals in our state prisons,” said Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert of the scheme that resulted in the prisoners being paid with taxpayer money. From March to August, more than 35,000 inmates were named in claims filed with the California Employment Development Department, which resulted in more than 20,000 of them being paid. The report added that at least 158 claims were filed for 133 death-row inmates, resulting in more than $420,000 in benefits paid. Schubert confirmed that the list of prisoners getting paid included death row inmate Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife and unborn son. The California Supreme Court recently overturned Peterson’s death sentence and has ordered a lower court to review his murder conviction. Convicted serial killer Cary Stayner — who was… Read full this story

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