Former USC football player Abdul-Malik McClain was arrested in 2021 and charged with 10 counts of mail fraud and two counts of identity theft for allegedly filing fraudulent claims on behalf of USC ...

Nigerians, Quazeem Owolabi Adeyinka, 22, and Ayodeji Jonathan Sangode, 25, residing in Maryland, faced sentencing today for their involvement in a massive conspiracy during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

A scathing report released by the California State Auditor on August 24 finds that the state’s Economic Development Department (EDD) continues to mismanage the unemployment insurance (UI) program, ...

Nearly two years ago, Memphis rapper, Fontrell Antonio Baines was arrested and faced federal charges after bragging in a YouTube music video about how he gamed the government by applying for and ...

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has recovered $1.1 billion in fraudulent payments from federal COVID relief programs, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Tuesday. The funds ...

California's embattled Employment Development Department says they have seen yet another wave of fraud attempts. This time, again, hitting unemployment claims.The department said that the latest fraud ...

(TNS) — The state’s unemployment agency said Thursday, May 26, it has halted an elaborate scheme to steal hundreds of millions of dollars in jobless benefits. The Employment Development Department ...

Most of the 1.4 million people asked last year to prove they properly received federally-funded unemployment benefits have not responded to the state’s request and could eventually face penalties and ...