The amount of fraud has dropped sharply since the pandemic, but California still faced financial liabilities from the unemployment surge.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A Long Beach man says he's been receiving mail from the EDD addressed to random strangers for weeks. "I'm definitely thinking it's got to be some kind of fraud thing just ...

A Tracy woman was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the unemployment insurance benefit program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A former employee of the California Employment Development Department has been sentenced to five and a half months in prison after being accused of stealing money intended to ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Tawnya Coogan is having a tough financial go of it during this pandemic and was surprised when she recently received an email from the EDD. "It said 'Action needed on your ...

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