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More and more game and console sales are happening online and through its competitors — Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Amazon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how has GameStop suddenly become the darling investment of online traders from Reddit’s wallstreetbets forum?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Wired \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/gamestop-stock-wall-street-bets-short-squeeze/\">reported\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>” ‘It was a meme stock that really blew up,’ said WallStreetBets moderator Bawse1. ‘The massive short contributed more toward the meme stock.’ GameStop seemed so utterly doomed that the current situation was actually sort of funny to the subreddit’s denizens. Banded together, WallStreetBets members bought in big enough to move the stock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a hedge fund called Melvin Capital closed out its short position in GameStop after taking \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/hedge-fund-targeted-by-reddit-board-melvin-capital-closed-out-of-gamestop-short-position-tuesday.html\">a big loss\u003c/a>, CNBC reported. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961619848/so-what-is-short-selling-an-explainer\">Short sellers\u003c/a> profit when a stock goes down. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4o40Zv2rzc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another short seller, Andrew Left of Citron Research, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS4yPsmaDDQ\">in a video\u003c/a> on Wednesday that he had covered most of his short position in GameStop at a loss. Last week, Left had predicted the stock would drop to $20 a share, from $40 at the time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had no idea what that would set off,” Left said. “This has captured the attention of … America and every trader and non-trader alike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin Capital and Citron were caught in what’s known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/961291455/gamestop-and-the-short-squeeze\">a short squeeze\u003c/a>, forcing the funds to buy more GameStop stock to cover their losses, which ended up driving the stock price even higher. This has happened before, most famously with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/796328145/electric-burn-those-who-bet-against-elon-musk-and-tesla-are-paying-a-big-price\">Tesla stock\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The GameStop rally came after investors saw glimmers of hope for the company this month when the chain changed the makeup of its board of directors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 11, GameStop announced that its sales overall fell 3.1% during the holidays, due in part to the “significant impacts” of the pandemic, but its e-commerce sales soared \u003ca href=\"https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-reports-2020-holiday-sales-results\">more than 300%\u003c/a>. It said those online sales represented about a third of the company’s total sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also said it had entered an agreement with RC Ventures, one of its largest stockholders, to add \u003ca href=\"https://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-announces-additional-board-refreshment-accelerate\">three members\u003c/a> to GameStop’s board of directors. The new members include Ryan Cohen, a founder of Chewy, an online pet products company worth $42 billion. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then on Jan. 13, two days after the announcement about Cohen joining the board, GameStop stock jumped 57% — from $19.95 per share to $31.40. The stock got its big kick when Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets community — now with more than 4 million members — fawned over a Nov. 16 \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000101359420000821/rc13da3-111620.pdf\">letter from Cohen\u003c/a> to the GameStop board he would later join. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GameStop continued to soar as the Reddit investors stayed bullish on their favorite stock. By Jan. 22, it closed at $65. On Monday, it finished at nearly $77. On Tuesday, it nearly doubled to close at around $148. And Wednesday, it more than doubled, ending at $347.51.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/planetmoney/status/1354918048721903616?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those Reddit members, it’s not just about making money. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also kind of a populist thing happening here with a lot of these traders, judging by the Reddit threads. You know, they just want to poke a middle finger at Wall Street,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/961291455/gamestop-and-the-short-squeeze\">says Paddy Hirsch\u003c/a> of NPR’s \u003cem>The Indicator From Planet Money\u003c/em> podcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GameStop’s stock symbol is GME. On Reddit, one member of wallstreetbets, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6s5er/gme_is_about_more_than_just_money_gme_is_about/\">wrote\u003c/a> early Thursday: “GME is about sending a message. … For all the recessions they caused. For all the jobs and homes people have lost. For all the people that can’t pay for college because minimum wage has stagnated while wall street gets rich. For all the retail traders they left holding the bag. For all the times they got bailed out with our tax money while we got nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another member suggested that the Reddit traders were part of a resistance movement of sorts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6u96y/gme_price_has_nothing_to_do_with_fundamentals_and/\">writing\u003c/a>, “[T]his is not a war on billionaires, the wealthy yada yada, but it may well be described as a resistance against injustice, inequality, rigged rules, uneven playing field etc which has been rampant on Wall Street forever.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A wallstreetbets member, who vowed not to sell GameStop, wrote late Wednesday: “I am proud to be a part of this piece of history with you. … Call it an opportunity, call it revenge, or justice, I know we are on the right side of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a member of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on the GameStop phenomenon. “Gotta admit it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of treating our economy as a casino complain about a message board of posters also treating the market as a casino,” the lawmaker \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1354536220110577664?s=20\">tweeted\u003c/a> Thursday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1354536220110577664?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it hasn’t stopped with GameStop. Other companies that are suffering heavily during the pandemic are seeing their shares soar as people on Reddit’s wallstreetbets talk them up. The companies include \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/22251964/amc-stock-price-reddit-wallstreetbets-trading-gamestop\">AMC Entertainment\u003c/a>, the beleaguered theater chain, which shot up more than 300% on Wednesday (before dropping 56% Thursday), and \u003ca href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-air-surges-most-two-192239009.html\">American Airlines\u003c/a>, which soared more than 30% Thursday morning (it closed up 9%). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinhood, a popular trading platform for young traders based in Menlo Park, announced Thursday that “in light of recent volatility” it was \u003ca href=\"https://blog.robinhood.com/news/2021/1/28/keeping-customers-informed-through-market-volatility\">restricting transactions\u003c/a> for certain securities, including GameStop and AMC, and raising margin requirements. It later said it planned to allow “\u003ca href=\"https://blog.robinhood.com/news/2021/1/28/an-update-on-market-volatility\">limited buys\u003c/a>” of these securities, starting Friday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna\"]‘[The GameStop saga] has demonstrated the power of technology to democratize access to American financial institutions, ultimately giving far more people a say in our economic structures.’[/pullquote]Robinhood’s stated goal is to “democratize” investing and to bring more regular people into investing. The company has forced huge, ground-shaking changes for the brokerage industry, such as its decision to charge zero commissions for customers trading stocks and exchange-traded funds. That’s why some users took Thursday’s actions as an affront.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New York claiming Robinhood manipulated the market by restricting investors’ access to trading GameStop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinhood investor Carlos Amaya said the app’s action Thursday was a disappointment to users like him who prided themselves on being a “different breed of investors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 28-year-old school operations manager in Washington, D.C., said his parents immigrated from El Salvador and he was the first person in his family to buy stocks when he started using the app in 2017. He’s since made several thousand dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We pride ourselves in the name Robinhood because we’re trying to make more money and be the next people at the top,” he said. “You would expect Robinhood to let us do our thing instead of blocking us and saying it’s for our protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1354835649250078722?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna said the GameStop episode “has demonstrated the power of technology to democratize access to American financial institutions, ultimately giving far more people a say in our economic structures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Thursday, Khanna called for “more regulation and equality in the markets,” and accused Wall Street of spending billions to “crush” GameStop and “put workers out of business” instead of investing in future technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mania has gone global, “whipsawing stocks from Amsterdam to Sydney,” Bloomberg \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/gamestop-mania-prompts-surge-in-australia-s-most-shorted-stocks\">reported\u003c/a>. “In Europe, short-seller favorites including Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield jumped 20% or more. E-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. and baby-care goods maker Pigeon Corp. climbed at least 6.9% in Tokyo on Thursday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the stock market near all-time highs, there had already been worries that a bubble was coming. “The danger, as the dot-com bubble showed, is that Mr. Market can rationalize just about anything and build it into a narrative,” \u003cem>The Wall Street Journal\u003c/em>‘s Jon Sindreu \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jonsindreu/status/1354441066511015938?s=20\">wrote\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The frenzy over GameStop has gotten the attention of other lawmakers and regulators. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, the incoming chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said Thursday that he planned to call \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1354881250922819585?s=20\">a hearing\u003c/a> on the “current state of the stock market.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>For a brief moment this summer, Stephanie Moore thought she might finally see a glimmer of hope at the end of the coronavirus recession. Unemployment benefits provided a lifeline for the 38-year-old Los Angeles housekeeper to leave a bad relationship and rent an Airbnb while she looked for a job. But in early October, her state-issued Bank of America debit card balance plummeted from around $400 to negative $1,100 after a credit for fraudulent charges from months earlier was reversed without warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So began her unofficial full-time job trying to get the money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like a nightmare,” Moore said. “Every day I’m wondering what’s more important. Do I get on the phone with the bank and try again so I have a place to sleep tomorrow, or do I just accept that I’m going to be on the street and focus on my job search? Because you can’t do both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848449\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11848449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Moore , sits with her eight-month-old dog spooky at a local park in Lawndale, CA, on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters. \u003ccite>(Tash Kimmell/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For months, California’s Employment Development Department has attracted the ire of jobless workers and state lawmakers for a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/11/low-on-help-expired-unemployment-boost-edd-debacles-sink-jobless-californians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backlog\u003c/a> of unpaid unemployment claims that peaked at 1.6 million. Now, Moore is among those \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/10/unemployment-benefits-frozen-accounts-edd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entangled by potential security lapses and payment errors\u003c/a> involving Bank of America, which since 2010 has had an exclusive contract to deliver state unemployment benefits through prepaid debit cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a breakdown of the state’s job safety net that raises questions about the best way to get money into the hands of workers who desperately need it, since California is one of only three U.S. states that does not offer a direct deposit option, according to a CalMatters review of public documents. To this day, it’s not clear how much Bank of America has made from handling the bulk of the unprecedented $109 billion California has paid out in benefits since March. Lawmakers are examining the bank’s role in payment issues that began during a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/09/california-unemployment-benefits-edd-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-week identity-verification update\u003c/a>, and whether the bank has provided adequate security for unemployment insurance money in the face of rampant fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/4335937/embed?auto=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America, whose contract is up next July, declined to answer detailed questions about how many unemployed Californians are still unable to use their debit cards, how much money has been withdrawn from accounts flagged for potential fraud, when and how claimants may be paid back or how much the bank has made in fees on the cards. The state told CalMatters that some 377,500 debit cards were frozen this fall and as of Thursday, around 350,000 accounts remain impacted, meaning progress has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, there has been billions of dollars of fraud during this pandemic in state unemployment programs, including California,” Bank of America said in a statement to CalMatters, urging those impacted to \u003ca href=\"https://prepaid.bankofamerica.com/EddCard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact the bank\u003c/a>. “We are working with the state and law enforcement to identify and take action against fraudulent applicants, protect taxpayer money and ensure that legitimate applicants can access their benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu, a progressive Democrat who authored a 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public banking bill\u003c/a> and has pushed to reduce state reliance on Wall Street, the confusion marks “another failure” by the state and its corporate vendors. The employment agency hinted it was the bank’s fault, insisting in an Oct. 29 \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/news-20-58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement\u003c/a> that it “has no direct access to debit funds on any accounts” and that those impacted by card issues should contact Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re playing the blame game. Someone needs to take responsibility for this,” Chiu said. “I think we’re going to have to revisit that contract if BofA can’t provide the services it promised.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agency said it will review all options this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Banking on debit cards\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In August 2011, California was still in the depths of the Great Recession. Unemployment was 12.1%, and the state was paying out $66 million a day in jobless benefits. But at the state agency, a major tech overhaul was underway after a new debit card contract with Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At no cost to the state, the bank had begun rolling out prepaid cards to replace paper unemployment checks. It would be faster and more efficient, the EDD argued in \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/About_edd/pdf/uimonthlyupdate0811.pdf\">a public report\u003c/a> at the time, and much more accessible to Californians without bank accounts. The bank promised to share some revenue from merchant transaction fees with the state and guaranteed low fees for the unemployed: a few dollars for multiple ATM withdrawals, $10 for expedited or lost cards, and normal merchant fees whenever the card is swiped. “Terms are more favorable than most people have for their own personal bank accounts,” the 2011 report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result was what United Way of California Communications Director Unai Montes-Irueste calls a “NASCAR card,” thanks to its flashy corporate logos for Visa and Interlink. Most other states have moved from paper checks to direct deposit or hybrid debit card and direct deposit systems. This past spring, millions of Californians received their federal coronavirus stimulus payments via direct deposit to personal bank accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California was far from alone in betting that debit cards would be a big part of the future of government benefits. Use of the cards exploded in the last decade at state, local and federal agencies as Bank of America, U.S. Bank, KeyBank, Comerica and others pursued more government contracts. By 2016, government agencies had paid out $146 billion in benefits through prepaid debit cards, generating $518 million in revenue for banks, the Federal Reserve reported. Today, 43 states use a combination of direct deposit and debit card systems, which consumer groups favor to reach unemployment claimants with the widest variety of financial situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst at worker advocacy group the National Employment Law Project cautioned that banks acting as middlemen in debit card contracts can sometimes divert funds from workers — a missed opportunity for economic stimulus. “It may seem like a 2% fee here and a 2% fee there doesn’t amount to much, but in the aggregate, it really does,” Evermore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/4336082/embed?auto=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, paper checks are still available by request, and Bank of America notes that debit card customers can transfer the money from the card to their own bank accounts — both time-consuming alternatives, said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/pr-reports/report-prepaid-card-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013 report\u003c/a>, the organization found that despite the relatively consumer-friendly terms in the state’s Bank of America unemployment contract, Californians paid almost $1.8 million in fees in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America referred questions about fees generated by its California unemployment contract to EDD. The employment agency has not yet responded to a CalMatters request for records of revenue and fees related to the debit card contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Debit card problems pile up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the stories of Californians dealing with debit card problems continue to pile up. For Santa Maria single mother Aimy Onan, a drained account meant falling behind on rent and moving into a shared bedroom with her daughter in her ex’s home with a new girlfriend. For furloughed Disney candy maker Julie Hansen, a negative $12,000 balance threatened her ability to care for her autistic son. For Demarcus Sparks, who was self-employed before the pandemic, a frozen debit card led to a Greyhound trip from L.A. to stay with his mom in Georgia for fear of ending up in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They treat you like trash,” said Paul Dease, a 52-year-old antiques dealer in San Diego County, who has been locked in a dispute with Bank of America over $1,000 withdrawn from his account without notice. “How many people have the same story I have, that have lost $1,000 or $800 and haven’t gotten it back?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That much remains unclear. Chiu said lawmakers also have yet to receive updated account information, or answers about the “mind boggling” omission of \u003ca href=\"https://squareup.com/us/en/townsquare/why-are-chip-cards-more-secure-than-magnetic-stripe-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microchips in the cards to root out fraud\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America declined to comment on the security of California’s unemployment debit cards. But bank personnel also say their own outdated customer service systems have contributed to claimants’ financial purgatory. The bank’s internal processes for reporting and investigating unemployment debit card complaints have led to long delays and shifting timelines, two workers told CalMatters, as they juggle antiquated technology and shifting corporate scripts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re actually no longer allowed to tell them a timeframe, because we have no clue,” said one Bank of America customer service worker, who asked to remain anonymous since they were not authorized to discuss the matter. “Every day, I talk to 30 people with the same story. I just pray for them after my shift, honestly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11848450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Hoffman, seen at his girlfriend’s house in Escalon on Nov. 13, 2020, spends his days sitting on the porch while on hold with EDD, Bank of America and FEMA. According to Hoffman, he spends an average of 4 hours on hold per call. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A field day for fraud\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If the world wasn’t paralyzed by a deadly pandemic, it might look like Matthew Hoffman has been traveling quite a bit. His Bank of America unemployment card ledger shows transactions and ATM withdrawals in Alabama, Modesto, Sacramento, Tennessee, Connecticut and even a series of overseas charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hoffman, a former Comcast employee who has been out of work since a stroke last year, said he’s never used the card in any of those places. In total, he saw almost $7,000 disappear. He said one bank representative told him the fraud dispute he filed had been closed without investigation. Another said it was reopened. Finally, he was told that a credit would arrive on Nov. 10. It didn’t. [aside tag=\"unemployment\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003cbr>\n“What’s the point of having and paying into unemployment insurance if it’s not actually made available to me when I need it?” said Hoffman, who is alternating staying with his girlfriend and in his car after the loss of his Livermore rental home in a recent wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stories like Hoffman’s aren’t hard to find after a governor-appointed Strike Team in September \u003ca href=\"https://www.govops.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2020/09/Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advised EDD\u003c/a> that organized fraud “represents a serious risk to the state, and EDD must develop capabilities to understand and combat it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In total, 693,000 paid and unpaid unemployment claims out of the more than 14 million filed from March to early October were temporarily suspended for potential fraud during the agency’s late September reset, according to an EDD statement to CalMatters. From \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/edd-fraud-involves-stolen-identities-dark-web-international-crime/34289860#:~:text=Thousands%20of%20envelopes%20containing%20fraudulent,possibly%20an%20international%20crime%20ring.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dark web conspiracies\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/nuke-bizzle-fraud-youtube.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube rap videos\u003c/a>, the range of apparent fraud could cost the state “hundreds of millions,” Sacramento Assemblymember Jim Cooper predicted at a recent EDD hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one instance, Beverly Hills police arrested 100 people and seized 200 fraudulent unemployment debit cards worth more than $4 million after a series of shopping sprees on Rodeo Drive. Until fraud is detected, Bank of America reaps normal transaction fees every time the cards are swiped under the terms of its state contract. The bank promised California “best-in-class” fraud monitoring in its original unemployment debit card pitch, and assured the state that “EDD has no liability for issues related to fraud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But amid the unemployment surge during the pandemic, Beverly Hills Assistant Police Chief Marc Coopwood said much of the burden has fallen on local law enforcement, rather than EDD or the bank, to uncover such schemes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real victim in this, the people whose identities were stolen, they’re going to get a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-sees-spike-in-fraudulent-unemployment-insurance-claims-filed-using-stolen-identities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1099 next year\u003c/a>,” Coopwood said. “They’re going to spend years fighting this with the IRS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Lawsuits ahead?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Where California goes from here to remedy its unemployment woes isn’t clear. The EDD has vowed to work through its remaining backlog of 542,000 unpaid unemployment claims by January. Bank of America said it has increased staffing at prepaid customer service centers “nearly 20-fold” to deal with unprecedented demand, and that it continues “to review and decision claims in a timely fashion and within the regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu said he is one of multiple state lawmakers considering new EDD reform bills in the coming year. Several unemployment claimants interviewed by CalMatters said they have contacted lawyers about bringing potential claims against Bank of America. Labor lawyers also see courtrooms in EDD’s future if problems persist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m skeptical this will be resolved without litigation,” said Daniela Urban, director of Sacramento’s Center for Workers’ Rights. “I think that it’s warranted. The question is whether EDD fixes it first, or what the response is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>KQED’s guide to applying for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806938/how-to-file-for-unemployment-in-california-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unemployment insurance can be found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For additional support, please refer to the official \u003ca href=\"http://edd.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Employment Development Department website\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/3296311573733137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unofficial California Unemployment Help public group on Facebook\u003c/a> or refer to this resource \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11820299/applying-for-unemployment-in-california-unofficial-facebook-group-creates-help-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">created by volunteers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://prepaid.bankofamerica.com/EddCard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Bank of America\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Share Your Story:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>How are you getting by on unemployment benefits? CalMatters invites you to \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9RSBU4G4ypdOXcL5Y1D_yPz4qD3VBhdm_qgsiV57yGvjogA/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">share your story here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Cómo te las estás arreglando sin los beneficios del Seguro de Desempleo? Te invitamos a compartir tu historia \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedk6BtaXUCoVIQ4mkl2RtLxuAT-ct1nr9QSjEdCMjHQ29suw/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aquí\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For a brief moment this summer, Stephanie Moore thought she might finally see a glimmer of hope at the end of the coronavirus recession. Unemployment benefits provided a lifeline for the 38-year-old Los Angeles housekeeper to leave a bad relationship and rent an Airbnb while she looked for a job. But in early October, her state-issued Bank of America debit card balance plummeted from around $400 to negative $1,100 after a credit for fraudulent charges from months earlier was reversed without warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So began her unofficial full-time job trying to get the money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like a nightmare,” Moore said. “Every day I’m wondering what’s more important. Do I get on the phone with the bank and try again so I have a place to sleep tomorrow, or do I just accept that I’m going to be on the street and focus on my job search? Because you can’t do both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848449\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11848449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111720_Stephanie_TK_04.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Moore , sits with her eight-month-old dog spooky at a local park in Lawndale, CA, on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters. \u003ccite>(Tash Kimmell/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For months, California’s Employment Development Department has attracted the ire of jobless workers and state lawmakers for a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/11/low-on-help-expired-unemployment-boost-edd-debacles-sink-jobless-californians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backlog\u003c/a> of unpaid unemployment claims that peaked at 1.6 million. Now, Moore is among those \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/10/unemployment-benefits-frozen-accounts-edd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">entangled by potential security lapses and payment errors\u003c/a> involving Bank of America, which since 2010 has had an exclusive contract to deliver state unemployment benefits through prepaid debit cards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a breakdown of the state’s job safety net that raises questions about the best way to get money into the hands of workers who desperately need it, since California is one of only three U.S. states that does not offer a direct deposit option, according to a CalMatters review of public documents. To this day, it’s not clear how much Bank of America has made from handling the bulk of the unprecedented $109 billion California has paid out in benefits since March. Lawmakers are examining the bank’s role in payment issues that began during a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/09/california-unemployment-benefits-edd-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-week identity-verification update\u003c/a>, and whether the bank has provided adequate security for unemployment insurance money in the face of rampant fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The state told CalMatters that some 377,500 debit cards were frozen this fall and as of Thursday, around 350,000 accounts remain impacted, meaning progress has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, there has been billions of dollars of fraud during this pandemic in state unemployment programs, including California,” Bank of America said in a statement to CalMatters, urging those impacted to \u003ca href=\"https://prepaid.bankofamerica.com/EddCard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact the bank\u003c/a>. “We are working with the state and law enforcement to identify and take action against fraudulent applicants, protect taxpayer money and ensure that legitimate applicants can access their benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu, a progressive Democrat who authored a 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public banking bill\u003c/a> and has pushed to reduce state reliance on Wall Street, the confusion marks “another failure” by the state and its corporate vendors. The employment agency hinted it was the bank’s fault, insisting in an Oct. 29 \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/news-20-58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement\u003c/a> that it “has no direct access to debit funds on any accounts” and that those impacted by card issues should contact Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re playing the blame game. Someone needs to take responsibility for this,” Chiu said. “I think we’re going to have to revisit that contract if BofA can’t provide the services it promised.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agency said it will review all options this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Banking on debit cards\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In August 2011, California was still in the depths of the Great Recession. Unemployment was 12.1%, and the state was paying out $66 million a day in jobless benefits. But at the state agency, a major tech overhaul was underway after a new debit card contract with Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At no cost to the state, the bank had begun rolling out prepaid cards to replace paper unemployment checks. It would be faster and more efficient, the EDD argued in \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/About_edd/pdf/uimonthlyupdate0811.pdf\">a public report\u003c/a> at the time, and much more accessible to Californians without bank accounts. The bank promised to share some revenue from merchant transaction fees with the state and guaranteed low fees for the unemployed: a few dollars for multiple ATM withdrawals, $10 for expedited or lost cards, and normal merchant fees whenever the card is swiped. “Terms are more favorable than most people have for their own personal bank accounts,” the 2011 report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result was what United Way of California Communications Director Unai Montes-Irueste calls a “NASCAR card,” thanks to its flashy corporate logos for Visa and Interlink. Most other states have moved from paper checks to direct deposit or hybrid debit card and direct deposit systems. This past spring, millions of Californians received their federal coronavirus stimulus payments via direct deposit to personal bank accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California was far from alone in betting that debit cards would be a big part of the future of government benefits. Use of the cards exploded in the last decade at state, local and federal agencies as Bank of America, U.S. Bank, KeyBank, Comerica and others pursued more government contracts. By 2016, government agencies had paid out $146 billion in benefits through prepaid debit cards, generating $518 million in revenue for banks, the Federal Reserve reported. Today, 43 states use a combination of direct deposit and debit card systems, which consumer groups favor to reach unemployment claimants with the widest variety of financial situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst at worker advocacy group the National Employment Law Project cautioned that banks acting as middlemen in debit card contracts can sometimes divert funds from workers — a missed opportunity for economic stimulus. “It may seem like a 2% fee here and a 2% fee there doesn’t amount to much, but in the aggregate, it really does,” Evermore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/4336082/embed?auto=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, paper checks are still available by request, and Bank of America notes that debit card customers can transfer the money from the card to their own bank accounts — both time-consuming alternatives, said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/pr-reports/report-prepaid-card-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2013 report\u003c/a>, the organization found that despite the relatively consumer-friendly terms in the state’s Bank of America unemployment contract, Californians paid almost $1.8 million in fees in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America referred questions about fees generated by its California unemployment contract to EDD. The employment agency has not yet responded to a CalMatters request for records of revenue and fees related to the debit card contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Debit card problems pile up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the stories of Californians dealing with debit card problems continue to pile up. For Santa Maria single mother Aimy Onan, a drained account meant falling behind on rent and moving into a shared bedroom with her daughter in her ex’s home with a new girlfriend. For furloughed Disney candy maker Julie Hansen, a negative $12,000 balance threatened her ability to care for her autistic son. For Demarcus Sparks, who was self-employed before the pandemic, a frozen debit card led to a Greyhound trip from L.A. to stay with his mom in Georgia for fear of ending up in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They treat you like trash,” said Paul Dease, a 52-year-old antiques dealer in San Diego County, who has been locked in a dispute with Bank of America over $1,000 withdrawn from his account without notice. “How many people have the same story I have, that have lost $1,000 or $800 and haven’t gotten it back?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That much remains unclear. Chiu said lawmakers also have yet to receive updated account information, or answers about the “mind boggling” omission of \u003ca href=\"https://squareup.com/us/en/townsquare/why-are-chip-cards-more-secure-than-magnetic-stripe-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microchips in the cards to root out fraud\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America declined to comment on the security of California’s unemployment debit cards. But bank personnel also say their own outdated customer service systems have contributed to claimants’ financial purgatory. The bank’s internal processes for reporting and investigating unemployment debit card complaints have led to long delays and shifting timelines, two workers told CalMatters, as they juggle antiquated technology and shifting corporate scripts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re actually no longer allowed to tell them a timeframe, because we have no clue,” said one Bank of America customer service worker, who asked to remain anonymous since they were not authorized to discuss the matter. “Every day, I talk to 30 people with the same story. I just pray for them after my shift, honestly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11848450\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/111320_BankofAmerica_AW_sized_03.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Hoffman, seen at his girlfriend’s house in Escalon on Nov. 13, 2020, spends his days sitting on the porch while on hold with EDD, Bank of America and FEMA. According to Hoffman, he spends an average of 4 hours on hold per call. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A field day for fraud\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If the world wasn’t paralyzed by a deadly pandemic, it might look like Matthew Hoffman has been traveling quite a bit. His Bank of America unemployment card ledger shows transactions and ATM withdrawals in Alabama, Modesto, Sacramento, Tennessee, Connecticut and even a series of overseas charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hoffman, a former Comcast employee who has been out of work since a stroke last year, said he’s never used the card in any of those places. In total, he saw almost $7,000 disappear. He said one bank representative told him the fraud dispute he filed had been closed without investigation. Another said it was reopened. Finally, he was told that a credit would arrive on Nov. 10. It didn’t. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Californians unable to pay their rent because of the coronavirus crisis could have their payments covered by the state Legislature, Senate leaders announced Tuesday, as part of a massive $25 billion aid package that looks to the future to pay for relief needed today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has been under a mandatory stay-at-home order since March 19, shuttering most of the state’s economy and sending 4.5 million people to file for unemployment benefits. State and local officials have moved to delay evictions during the crisis, prompting concerns from landlords who could face foreclosure with no rent payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate’s solution to this is to give landlords tax credits equal to the value of their missed payments. 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Last Wednesday, in Lansing, Michigan, thousands of protestors carrying Trump flags, and in some cases, firearms, rallied against the state’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, whose most recent shelter-in-place order\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is one of the most restrictive in the country\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, President Trump has provided tacit support for these protests in a series of tweets on Friday when the president posted “LIBERATE MINNESOTA,” as well as Michigan and Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11813080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11813080\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1210050168-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1210050168-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1210050168-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1210050168-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1210050168-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People take part in a protest for 'Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine' at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, on April 15, 2020. \u003ccite>(Jeff Kowalsky/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While protesters with the most extreme views have been sucking up the media attention nationwide, a series of interviews with Californians critical of the restrictions shows that some in this movement carry a more nuanced view. 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