SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California department that distributes workers' disability benefits has frozen 345,000 claims to battle suspected organized fraud rings and fake applications. There has been ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Numerous legitimate California disability insurance claims are still frozen as the Employment Development Department (EDD) deals with a recent fraud attack. For weeks, at least ...

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After stealing the identities of death row inmates and even a sitting U.S. senator to make off with billions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment benefits during the pandemic, scammers have now moved ...

Disability care workers Ricardo Zegri and Niurka Sureda-Jackson sit outside the California state Capitol on April 10. Zegri says Taco Bell would pay him more than the $19 an hour he makes as a ...

SAN DIEGO — It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a ...

Most of the 345,000 disability claims the state is investigating as suspicious appear to be fraudulent and involve imposters posing as doctors and other medical providers, according to the California ...

Christina Cedillo has a sticky note on her computer, reminding her what buttons to press when she calls California’s employment department with questions about disability benefits. But at this point, ...