Former EDD Director Suggests Fraud Behind 'Ridiculously Outsized' Unemployment Claims
Concerns are growing of possible fraud in California's unemployment system after a suspicious number of claims involving independent contractors.
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Concerns are growing of possible fraud in California's unemployment system after a suspicious number of claims involving independent contractors.
Police in Daly City were seeking the public's help in finding two suspects who used a stolen credit card at a Home Depot in Daly City last month with a dog that had purple-dyed fur.
More than 20 people, including multiple state and local inmates, are accused of netting more than $150,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic unemployment insurance.
A Bay Area woman said Thursday she has become a victim of the new "brushing scam," involving mysterious packets of seeds sent from China.
The owner of a Point Richmond construction company pleaded no contest this week to six counts of felony workers' compensation and payroll tax fraud, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
The national Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has loaned half a trillion dollars to thousands of small businesses and some bigger ones since the start of the pandemic. There's still more than $1 billion left to hand out. So what does it take to qualify? It turns out, for some applicants, not much.
The former president of the Livermore Little League board of directors has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the youth organization.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve time in prison.
A Bay Area woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters' college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office on Monday announced charges against an Antioch woman who allegedly staged multiple slips and falls.
The former chief executive officer of a medical device company in San Rafael has been convicted in federal court in San Francisco on wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with a scheme to defraud his company.
Authorities have arrested 11 suspects they say ran a multi-state recycling fraud operation that smuggled empty cans and bottles into California.
A 55-year-old Indio man was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges related to a $15 million Ponzi scheme involving about 50 victims.
Two operators of a discount travel agency could spend up to a year in jail after they pleaded no contest Tuesday to two felony charges related to an alleged consumer fraud case, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
A former Contra Costa County Fire Protection District battalion chief has been charged with 12 felonies for allegedly giving himself extra vacation days and overtime by falsifying payroll records.
A former California state assemblyman pleaded guilty to money laundering after falsely leading investors to fund the building of Peet's Coffee shops at San Francisco BART stations, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
A federal judge sentenced a former San Francisco sheriff's deputy to 14 months in prison for fraud after she lied about her department-issued firearm being stolen.
Two employees of a Benicia solar energy company pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in what federal prosecutors say was a massive scheme that defrauded investors of $1 billion.
A grand jury in Northern California has indicted three people on charges that they ran a statewide mortgage scam that defrauded often elderly or financially struggling victims of $7 million.
Golden Globe-winning actress Felicity Huffman reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin Tuesday to begin serving her 14-day sentence for her role in the college admission scandal
Menlo Park food entrepreneur Peter Jan Sartorio was sentenced to probation and community service Friday for his role in the college admission scandal.
The former owner of a California wine business was sentenced to 5 months in prison Friday for his role in the college admissions scheme.
State Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday sued a used car dealership network, alleging the company engages in fraud and false advertising.
A grand jury has indicted for Southern California men for operating a large-scale clearing house for illegal HIV treatment drugs that generated $70 million in sales, according to federal prosecutors.
An attempted traffic stop and subsequent pursuit Saturday in Richmond led to the arrest of a man who was found with counterfeit bills and printing equipment, police said Sunday.
