Owners of Southern California towing empire arrested in $6 million fraud scheme

Mark and Ahmed Hassan face felony insurance fraud charges for allegedly underreporting payroll at multiple Los Angeles area ...
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CA unemployment agency is putting millions at risk of fraud, audit finds

FRESNO, Calif. -- On Thursday, the State Auditor said the California Employment Development Department is making it easier for criminals to conduct identity theft and fraud by printing social security ...

Labor Department launches investigation into California unemployment fraud allegations

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, ...

CA recovered $6 billion in COVID-era fraud. It’s getting harder to recoup more

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

Labor Department deploys ‘strike team’ to California over $21B unemployment debt, fraud concerns

The U.S. Labor Department deployed a specialized "strike team" to California over alleged unemployment fraud and $21 billion ...
Government Technology

California’s EDD Hardens, Simplifies Its Benefits Security

The pandemic stress tested all sorts of boundaries for state government, not the least of which were the limits of its critical benefits systems, like those offered through the California Employment ...