$11B In Bogus Jobless Claims Paid Out Last Year In CaliforniaCalifornia paid out $11 billion in bogus jobless claims last year and investigators are looking into possible fraud involving $20 billion more, authorities said Monday.
44 People Arrested In Connection With EDD Fraud In Beverly Hills Since September 3In a press release, officials said that the BHPD "learned criminals were fraudulently obtaining EDD benefits loaded onto EDD debit cards using stolen identities" at the beginning of September.
'Absolutely Unacceptable': California Lawmaker Calls For Audit Of EDD While Many Wait For BenefitsOut of 1.5 million calls placed to EDD in one week of May — 600,000 of which were unique calls — only 150,000 people were able to speak with a person at EDD.
