Robert James Waff, 49, of Sacramento, California, allegedly used the California Employment Development Department website ... applications. The fraudulent UI benefit claims exceeded $100,000.

Misty and Jaime Ornelas were charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to commit mail fraud ... defraud California’s Employment Development Department by filing unemployment claims for ...

One woman on state disability was targeted by thieves, as her EDD payments were stolen from her Bank of America-issued cards.

were arrested on Nov. 5 for allegedly submitting more than 120 fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance benefits using stolen identities from California state prisoners and out of state ...

Puente and Marquez allegedly filed with the California Employment Development Department fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance benefits in the names of other people. The Employment ...

The need for the new technology comes from an influx of possible fraudulent claims, especially those who were applying for pandemic unemployment benefits, the EDD said. Many of those claims were ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

Two San Bernardino County residents plead not guilty to fraudulently obtaining $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief.

The arrests capped the latest in a string of investigations spurred by rampant unemployment fraud during ... and embarrassed the California Employment Development Department, leading it to be ...