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Former California EDD worker faked being Dianne Feinstein in scamming jobless benefits, sources say Workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits in Los Angeles. A former Employment Development Department employee is accused of defrauding the state of unemployment benefits, including some paid in the name of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (Associated Press) SACRAMENTO —  Federal authorities have filed charges in three newly uncovered conspiracies to cheat California’s pandemic unemployment benefits system, including one by a former Employment Developmen...

Lawmakers say California jobless claims still a 'black hole' By Don Thompson Jobless claims continue to jump with 853,000 news claims. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A beleaguered California agency’s attempt to stem an unemployment benefits scam potentially exceeding $2 billion while reducing a frustrating backlog is failing, two state lawmakers from opposing political parties said Thursday, though others reported fewer problems. Democratic Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, who heads the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, said she is seeing “a continued pattern of consti...

Some unemployed Californians could be forced to repay part of pandemic benefits FacebookTwitterEmail The state Employment Development Department is investigating recipients of pandemic assistance.Smith Collection/ Gado via Getty Images Nearly a million Californians who received Pandemic Unemployment Assistance have been told they could have to repay some of their benefits if they can’t document the 2019 income they reported on their unemployment application. The repayment could amount to hundreds or thousands of dollars. On Nov. 21, the California Employment Development Department began sen...