Controller Malia Cohens office is out of control

Malia Cohen wants to be reelected as controller for the state of California — but it looks like nothing is under control in her office.Earlier this month, the state auditor found that the controller’s office had failed to recover overpayments to public employees, and that it failed to keep track of remote employees who were living out of state, in violation of the law. Now, as The California Post reported exclusively, a private lawsuit accuses the controller’s office of fudging addresses so that it can seize the assets of people abroad with no connection to California.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.Foreign investors were stunned to find their financial assets taken by the controller based on faulty addresses.

In one case, the controller’s office appears to have listed the city of Cardiff, Wales, as Cardiff, Calif., a beach community in San Diego County.California is notorious for considering almost anyone who has any contact with the state to be a “resident” for tax purposes, so it can force them to pay money into the state coffers.No doubt some of the wealthy former Californians who are fleeing the potential “billionaire tax” have a tough fight ahead.But that’s peanuts compared with allegedly faking local addresses. And for a state that touts itself as the startup capital of the world, it’s a bad look to treat investors — foreign or domestic — as targets for manipulation, abuse and theft.Cohen has pushed back against the idea that there is a major fraud problem in California.She wants voters to trust her with a second term, while reports come out seemingly every week about the latest fraud scandal in the state.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram,...