Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, ...

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NEW YORK — The latest government waste touted by billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency is hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment claims it ...

A California man scammed FEMA into sending him nearly $65,000 by pretending to own a home destroyed by one of the wildfires that burned in Los Angeles County in January, federal prosecutors said.

An Orange County woman, along with two of her sisters and their brother, who lives in California City, were sentenced ...

A Citrus Heights man pleaded guilty to mail fraud and firearms charges for his role in a COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme ...

They claimed more than $1.1 million in unemployment benefits for purported employees of the phony businesses, prosecutors ...

An Orange County man and three of his sisters were sentenced Thursday to federal prison terms for participating in a scheme ...

Prosecutors said the man and his accomplice netted about $1 million in funds intended for workers affected by the COVID-19 ...

The fraudulent claims led to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) approving over 50 applications, resulting ...

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) recent announcement of nearly $400 million in fraudulent unemployment claims has reignited discussions about benefit system integrity.