https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/05/edd-halts-unemployment-payments-fraud-problems-job-layoff/

A widening fraud problem has prodded the state Employment Development Department to suspend unemployment payments to many California workers at the same time coronavirus-linked business shutdowns have left people without a job.

The halt in payments for an unspecified number of workers in the state comes at a time when the EDD is reporting that a backlog of unpaid unemployment claims has again begun to swell.