LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Thirteen Los Angeles County employees were charged for allegedly stealing more than $437,000 in state unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, the district attorney's office announced Wednesday.

The defendants allegedly filed unemployment claims while working for the county between 2020 and 2023, purporting to have earned less than $600 per week during each two-week claim period, even though they all earned more than that amount.

They're accused of stealing a combined total of $437,383.

Each defendant was charged with a felony count of grand theft, and a lesser-included misdemeanor offense, the DA's office said in a news release.

"It is shocking that these county employees, who are receiving their county check every single two weeks, are also telling E

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