LADA Charges 13 LA County Employees with Stealing Over $430,000 in Unemployment Benefits

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 13 Los Angeles County employees from seven different agencies with felony grand theft for stealing a combined $437,383 in state unemployment benefits between 2020 and 2023.

Each of the 13 Los Angeles County employees was charged with one felony count of grand theft and one lesser included misdemeanor offense.

Read the entire press release. Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, October 15, 2025