SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Thursday advanced what they called commonsense legislation requiring two state agencies to share information aimed at helping stop billions of dollars...
SACRAMENTO — When police in California’s capital city searched an apartment in mid-January, the most telling item they found wasn’t the illegal assault weapons — it...
LOS ANGELES — Sophisticated hackers, identity thieves and overseas criminal rings stole over $11 billion in unemployment benefits from California last year, but the extent of...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is reporting a surge in coronavirus unemployment claims last week for independent contractors, gig workers and the self-employed — the category of...
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office warned concealed weapons permit holders about a nationwide text message scam on Monday. “Those targeted by the scam have received text...
A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted a Chowchilla prison inmate and a parolee Thursday on charges they fleeced taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars...
A Fresno assemblyman wants hearings and investigations after reported fraud of unemployment benefits. State and federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that the Employment Development Department paid out...
Investigators unraveling an identity fraud scheme targeting California’s unemployment system have arrested 44 people in Beverly Hills this month alone, officials said Thursday. More arrests are...
A Fresno business owner was arraigned Wednesday for a scheme to defraud the customers of his classic car business, according to a Department of Justice news...
NEW YORK — A criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring...