Labor Department deploys specialized "strike team" to California over alleged unemployment fraud and $21 billion in improper ...

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 ...

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.

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 investigation follows earlier fraud findings and growing debt from pandemic jobless aid ...

A judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to seven years and four months in prison for conspiring with two inmates in Placer County to fraudulently receive California benefits intended to help unemployed ...

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 ...