SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid the coronavirus crisis, so many have questions about how to get unemployment benefits. California is seeing "unprecedented" numbers during the pandemic with roughly 4.6 million ...

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FREMONT, Calif. (KGO) -- When Odie Cruz's wife of 41 years died in February, she left behind a debit card loaded with $59,000 in disability benefits. Unlocking those benefits from an EDD debit card ...

A Sacramento County man was among three people indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using other people’s debit cards to take nearly $1 million in unemployment benefits, court documents ...

TORRANCE, Calif. (KTLA) – Police in Torrance, California have arrested more than two dozen people in connection with EDD fraud and identify theft in the past six weeks, officials announced Wednesday.

Kim Tanner didn’t expect to become a fraud detective when she filed for disability with the California Employment Development Department. But in mid-July, $3,161 vanished from her online account with ...