FREMONT, Calif. (KGO) -- When Odie Cruz's wife of 41 years died in February, she left behind a debit card loaded with $59,000 in disability benefits. Unlocking those benefits from an EDD debit card ...

Kim Tanner didn’t expect to become a fraud detective when she filed for disability with the California Employment Development Department. But in mid-July, $3,161 vanished from her online account with ...

TORRANCE, Calif. (KTLA) – Police in Torrance, California have arrested more than two dozen people in connection with EDD fraud and identify theft in the past six weeks, officials announced Wednesday.

A Sacramento County man was among three people indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using other people’s debit cards to take nearly $1 million in unemployment benefits, court documents ...

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