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A former California Employment Development Department employee admitted this week in federal court to fraudulently obtaining more than $768,000 in COVID-19 unemployment payments for dead people and ...
California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...
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A former California Employment Development Department employee admitted this week in federal court to fraudulently obtaining more than $768,000 in COVID-19 unemployment payments for dead people and ...
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 ...
Kim Tanner, a marketing consultant, sits in front of her computer at home in Carlsbad on Oct. 11, 2024. Tanner kept detailed records after she says funds she received from the California Employment ...