EDD unemployment fraud probe of 1.4 million claims crawls ahead
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/29/edd-unemployment-fraud-probe-of-1-4-million-claims-crawls-ahead/
State labor officials are still unable to report precisely how many of the 1.4 million unemployment claims that were suspended over potential fraud are legitimate and how many are fraudulent, according to a new update from the Employment Development Department.
Several weeks ago, the EDD disclosed that it had suspended payments on 1.4 million unemployment payments due to the possibility the claims were bogus.