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

In a letter sent to California’s Employment Development Department, the Department of Labor shared with state officials that it would soon be deploying a “strike team” to the state, ...

The new "Califraudia" report lands like a fiscal alarm bell, asserting that California has bled $250 billion to fraud, waste, and abuse across key safety net and labor programs. Rather than a single ...

PITTSBURGH, Calif. -- It's been a rough few weeks for a Contra Costa County woman trying to reclaim her EDD benefits. A former cybercriminal reveals what he thinks went wrong for EDD and hundreds of ...

An aerial view of the California State Capitol on Feb. 1, 2023, in Sacramento, California. Justin Sullivan Getty Images/TNS After the Employment Development Department struggled to meet Californians’ ...