Legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Justice more time to track down and punish pandemic-era unemployment ...

A Sacramento woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated identity theft and mail fraud in connection with a scheme prosecutors say stole $2.6 million in COVID-era benefits from the state’s ...

That’s because this March, the five-year statute of limitations on COVID-era fraud prosecution is set to expire. Criminals ...

Gross pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in September and was sentenced Thursday to one day of jail time, followed by three years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney’s Office.

Cedric Daniels and Allison Illahi pleaded guilty to defrauding the EDD of over $500k and possessing narcotics.

Dean Tran, 48, of Fitchburg, was sentenced to prison for scheming to defraud the state Department of Unemployment Assistance ...

And for COVID-specific unemployment fraud, the five-year statute of limitations is just weeks away. For many, the memories of frustration, uncertainty and job losses during COVID are all too vivid.

Representative Chuck Edwards has reintroduced the Unemployment Integrity (UI) Act to enforce stricter unemployment benefit ...

Niesha Goodwin, 37-year-old of Albany, has pled guilty to charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft for ...

DES employees in Arizona were convicted for running a bribery scheme to approve fraudulent unemployment claims.

His delaying tactics and bids for leniency exhausted, former Fitchburg Republican state Sen. Dean Tran finally has met his ...