The EDD believed he was in prison and ineligible for unemployment, his benefits were frozen, and EDD threatened to levy his tax refund.

In a one-two punch, a South SF woman lost her EDD appeal -- then the EDD mailed a copy of her documents, full of private information, to a stranger.

After Smith reported the fraud to the EDD, instead of tracing the reason for confiscating her tax refund, the EDD used that information to seize even more of her money, garnishing her wages.