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Exhibit PX41 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-42, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

Filed January 9, 2026 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation; one of 1415 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Filed2026-01-09

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 634-42 · 2026-01-09 · Docket on CourtListener

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                UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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              SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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                     SAN DIEGO DIVISION
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 IN RE:  BANK OF AMERICA  )
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 CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT  ) 21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB
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 BENEFITS LITIGATION      )     CONFIDENTIAL
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            VIDEO DEPOSITION OF LINDSAY McCLURE
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                       MARCH 12, 2024
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   Reported by:  Rosalie A. Kramm, CSR No. 5469, RPR, CRR
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 APPEARANCES
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 FOR THE PLAINTIFFS:
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 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY LLP
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 BY:  VASTI S. MONTIEL, ESQ.
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 BY:  BRIAN DANITZ, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
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 Burlingame, California 94010
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 650.697.6000
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 vmontiel@cpmlegal.com
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 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY LLP
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 BY:  KARIN B. SWOPE, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 999 North Northlake Way, Suite 215
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 Seattle, Washington 98103
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 206.802.1272
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 kswope@cpmlegal.com
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 BOTTINI & BOTTINI
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 BY:  AARON P. ARNZEN, ESQ.
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 7817 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 102
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 La Jolla, California 92037-4541
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 858.914.2001
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 aarnzen@bottinilaw.com
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                   I N D E X (continued)
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 ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
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 BY:  CONNIE K. CHAN, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 BY:  COLIN CLEMENTE JONES, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 177 Post Street, Suite 300
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 San Francisco, California 94108
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 415.421.7151
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 cchan@altshulerberzon.com
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 cjones@altshulerberzon.com
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 CASEY GERRY
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 BY:  GAYLE BLATT, ESQ.
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 110 Laurel Street
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 San Diego, California 92103
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 619.815.5226
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 gmb@cglaw.com
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 FOR THE DEFENDANT BANK OF AMERICA:
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 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
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 BY:  ANGELICA RANKINS, ESQ.
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 1900 N Street NW
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 WASHINGTON, DC 20036
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 202.346.4000
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 arankins@goodwinlaw.com
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                   I N D E X (continued)
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 FOR THE DEFENDANT BANK OF AMERICA:
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 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
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 BY:  VALERIE A. HAGGANS, ESQ.
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 BY:  ETHAN SHUCHART, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 620 Eighth Avenue
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 New York, New York 10018
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 212.459.7255
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 vhaggans@goodwinlaw.com
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 eshuchart@goodwinlaw.com
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 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
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 BY:  KATAHDIN RENDINO, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 601 Marshall Street
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 Redwood City, California 94063
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 650.752.3408
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 krendino@goodwinlaw.com
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 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
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 BY:  MARIE MacCUNE, ESQ. (Appearing Remotely)
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 100 Northern Avenue
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 Boston, Massachusetts 02210
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 617.570.1131
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 mmaccune@goodwinlaw.com
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 MARCH 12, 2024  TUESDAY 10:00 A.M. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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           THE VIDEOTAPE OPERATOR:  Good morning.  We're     10:09:17
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 going on the record at 10:09 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12th,   10:09:18
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 2024.  Please note this -- the microphones are sensitive    10:09:24
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 and may pick up whispering and private conversations.       10:09:29
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 Please mute your phones at this time.  Audio and video      10:09:33
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 recording will continue to take place unless all parties    10:09:37
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 agree to go off the record.                                 10:09:40
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           This is Media Unit 1 of the Video Recorded        10:09:42
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 Deposition of Lindsay McLure, testifying in the matter of   10:09:42
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 En Re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits      10:09:45
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 Litigation, filed in the United States District Court,      10:09:47
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 Southern District of California, San Diego Division, Case   10:09:52
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 No. 21-MD-02992.  This deposition is being held at Meyers   10:09:54
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 Nave, 600 "B" Street, Suite 1650, San Diego, California.    10:10:01
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           My name is Gregg Eisman, representing Veritext,   10:10:07
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 I'm the videographer.  The court reporter today is          10:10:10
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 Rosalie Kramm, also from the firm Veritext.                 10:10:12
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           I'm not related to any party in this action,      10:10:15
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 nor am I financially interested in the outcome.             10:10:17
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           If there are any objections to the proceeding,    10:10:20
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 please state them at the time of your appearance.           10:10:22
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 Counsel will now state their appearances and affiliations   10:10:24
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 for the record, beginning with the noticing attorney.       10:10:28
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           MS. HAGGANS:  Good morning.  Valerie Haggans      10:10:30
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 from the law firm Goodwin Procter for Defendant Bank of     10:10:32
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 America, N.A.                                               10:10:35
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           MS. RANKINS:  Angelica Rankins from Goodwin       10:10:38
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 Procter for Bank of America.                                10:10:38
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Vasti Montiel from Cotchett,        10:10:41
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 Pitre & McCarthy for the Class Plaintiffs.                  10:10:42
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           MS. BLATT:  Gayle Blatt, Casey Gerry, on behalf   10:10:46
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 of the Class Plaintiffs.                                    10:10:49
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           MR. ARNZEN:  Aaron Arnzen, Bottini & Bottini,     10:10:51
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 on behalf of Ms. McClure.                                   10:10:51
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           THE VIDEOTAPE OPERATOR:  And we have counsel      10:10:56
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 remote, also.                                               10:10:57
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           MS. HAGGANS:  Yes.  In our previous depositions   10:10:59
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 the court reporter has read in the remote participants,     10:11:00
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 just so that we have a record of who had attended.          10:11:04
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           THE COURT REPORTER:  They should announce their   10:11:07
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           Counsel appearing remotely, please give your      10:11:07
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           MR. SHUCHART:  Hi.  This is Ethan Shuchart with   10:11:37
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 Goodman Procter representing Bank of America, N.A.          10:11:39
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           MR. RENDINO:  This is Katahdin Rendino with       10:11:45
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 Goodman Procter for Bank of America, N.A.                   10:11:45
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           MS. SWOPE:  Karin Swope with Cotchett, Pitre &    10:11:51
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 McCarthy for Class Plaintiffs.                              10:11:52
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                      LINDSAY McCLURE,                       10:11:54
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 having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:         10:11:54
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                        EXAMINATION                          10:11:54
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 BY MS. HAGGANS:                                             10:12:06
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      Q.   Good morning, Ms. McClure.                        10:12:07
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      A.   Good morning.                                     10:12:08
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      Q.   We met earlier this morning, but I'm Valerie      10:12:10
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 Haggans.  I'm one of the lawyers for Bank of America, and   10:12:13
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 I'm going to be taking your deposition today.               10:12:17
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      A.   Okay.                                             10:12:19
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      Q.   I'm going to ask you a number of questions        10:12:21
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 regarding your lawsuit.  Your attorney may have             10:12:24
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 objections to some of those questions, but unless she       10:12:28
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 instructs you not to answer, you still need to respond to   10:12:33
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 my questions.                                               10:12:36
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      A.   Okay.                                             10:12:37
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      Q.   Does that make sense?                             10:12:37
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      A.   Yes.                                              10:12:38
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      Q.   Okay.  Can you please state your full name for    10:12:39
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      A.   Lindsay Marie McClure.                            10:12:43
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      Q.   Have you gone by any other names in your          10:12:44
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      Q.   When you received hard copy mail from EDD, what   12:50:57
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 address did that mail come to?                              12:51:05
      
   
                            
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      Q.   Did you keep the hard copy mail that you          12:51:20
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 received from EDD?                                          12:51:22
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Objection.  Vague.                  12:51:25
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           THE WITNESS:  Which copies?                       12:51:27
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 BY MS. HAGGANS:                                             12:51:29
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      Q.   Any of the documents that came to you from EDD    12:51:29
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 via hard copy mail.                                         12:51:33
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      A.   I would say most of them, yes.                    12:51:36
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      Q.   And where did you keep those?                     12:51:38
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      A.   Stored under my bed.                              12:51:40
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      Q.   In the box that we talked about earlier today.    12:51:42
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:51:44
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      Q.   Did you ever receive information from EDD about   12:51:51
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 the different ways that you could receive your              12:51:57
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 unemployment benefits?                                      12:52:00
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Objection.  Vague as to time.       12:52:02
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           THE WITNESS:  No.                                 12:52:03
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      Q.   Prior to receiving -- strike that.                12:52:10
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           When you submitted your application to EDD in     12:52:20
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 early 2020, were you aware that your EDD benefits would     12:52:24
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 be sent to you on a prepaid card?                           12:52:29
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      A.   Not until they sent it to me.                     12:52:34
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      Q.   When you received the card, did you have an       12:52:39
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:52:45
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Objection.  Speculation.            12:52:46
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 BY MS. HAGGANS:                                             12:52:47
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      Q.   Did you understand that it would be coming from   12:52:48
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 Bank of America?                                            12:52:51
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      A.   From what it stated on the card, yes.             12:52:52
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      Q.   Did you have an understanding about where the     12:52:57
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 money on the prepaid card would be coming from?             12:53:00
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Objection.  Speculation.            12:53:04
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           THE WITNESS:  My understanding was that it was    12:53:07
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 the unemployment benefits that were deposited to the        12:53:09
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 card.                                                       12:53:13
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      Q.   Did you ever consider receiving your              12:53:17
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 unemployment benefits via checks rather than via the        12:53:19
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 prepaid card?                                               12:53:24
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           MS. MONTIEL:  Objection.  Vague as to time.       12:53:25
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           THE WITNESS:  Not until it was offered to me.     12:53:27
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 BY MS. HAGGANS:                                             12:53:30
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      Q.   Okay.  And when was that offered to you?          12:53:30
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      A.   After I was a victim of fraud.                    12:53:33
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      Q.   Can you put a month and year on that?             12:53:39
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      A.   When I corresponded with EDD, they offered me     12:53:44
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 the form of check at the end of December.                   12:53:48
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      Q.   Is that December 2020?                            12:53:53
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:53:54
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      Q.   And how did EDD make that offer to you, to        12:54:20
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 receive your benefits via check?                            12:54:22
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      A.   I reached out to them directly, stating that I    12:54:24
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 did not want to keep my card with Bank of America.          12:54:27
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      Q.   Was that over the phone?                          12:54:32
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:54:33
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      Q.   And what did they say in response?                12:54:40
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      A.   They said I should have been offered both, and    12:54:43
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 I was not.                                                  12:54:45
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      Q.   And then did you, in fact, ask for your           12:54:52
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 benefits to be paid via check?                              12:54:54
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:54:58
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      Q.   And did you, in fact, receive your benefits via   12:55:03
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 check?                                                      12:55:06
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      A.   Yes.                                              12:55:07
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      Q.   Do you remember when you received your first      12:55:12
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 check for your EDD benefits?                                12:55:13
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      A.   January of '21.                                   12:55:16
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      Q.   And did you continue to receive your benefits     12:55:25
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 via check until you stopped receiving benefits when you     12:55:27
 
                     
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                   REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE
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           I, Rosalie A. Kramm, Certified Shorthand
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     Reporter for the State of California, do hereby
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          That the witness named in the foregoing
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     deposition was by me duly sworn; that the
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     deposition was then taken before me at the time
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     and place herein set forth; that the testimony
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     and proceedings were reported stenographically
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     by me and were transcribed through computerized
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     transcription by me; that the foregoing is a
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