The US Department of Labor intends to send a “strike team” to dig into COVID-19 pandemic-era fraud involving California’s Employment Development Department.

California officials who turned a blind eye to unemployment scams — potentially worth tens of billions of dollars during the pandemic — will now be put directly under the microscope of the federal ...

According to the Baltimore Sun, the U.S. Labor Department has sent a formal letter to California's Employment Development Department, notifying officials that a federal review is underway and that a ...

In a letter sent to EDD, The Labor Department shared with state officials that it would soon be deploying a strike team to the state.

WASHINGTON, DC: The US Department of Labor has launched a federal investigation into California’s administration of pandemic-era unemployment benefits, citing concerns about potential fraud and ...

More than 3 million Californians are expected to receive lost wages assistance payments by the end of this week, after the state's employment development department took two weeks to tackle "fraud" ...

A grand jury has indicted three California residents in connection with what the Department of Justice said was a scheme aimed at stealing $1.4 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits from ...

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 ...

The year opened with President Trump declaring that "the fraud investigation of California has begun," a move that quickly set off a barrage of allegations from his administration and Republican ...