https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/07/california-suspends-1-4-million-virus-unemployment-claims/ > SACRAMENTO  — California has frozen 1.4 million unemployment claims as it battles fraud in its massive coronavirus unemployment relief program, it was reported Wednesday. > The state Employment Development Department said it had examined existing claims from people who said they lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and found about 3.5 million claims were “potentially fraudulent,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.