The Largest Financial Crime in American History

"Experts from Harvard, the Department of Health and Human Services, and LexisNexis fraud division have told us that the fraud in California is unprecedented. It represents the largest financial crime in American history."pic.twitter.com/4TsRsVIiiB

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) April 2, 2026

At one point, California had more people applying for unemployment than there were adults in the entire state. $32.6 billion. Gone. Prisoners collected. Dead people collected. I warned them. I begged them not to let the money go out like that. They suspended every rule anyway.…

— Haywood Talcove (@HaywoodTalcove) April 1, 2026

… The tools to stop this exist. So why are the doors still open? 30 years tracking fraud. This is the biggest in American history.

It didn't have to happen. And it doesn't have to continue.