Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO – The Employment Development Department (EDD) continues to urge Californians to guard against fraud. The latest ...

The EDD urges caution against scammers using text-message schemes, or "smishing". These texts trick people into clicking a link in order to reactivate their account. The action seems necessary as the ...

A Riverside mother is hoping that store surveillance video of a theft will produce a suspect and raise awareness about a new fraud sweeping the country. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Riverside mother ...

Bonnie Tom is newly married and excited for this next chapter in life. She’s been saving money, maybe to buy a house, but the State of California recently snatched nearly everything she’d saved.

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. -- A Bay Area man tried to do the right thing when the Employment Development Department accidentally overpaid his benefits. His efforts to return the money set off a chain of ...

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.