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Former USC football player accused of orchestrating fraud …

USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain (42) sits on the bench during the final seconds of the second half of an NCAA college football game in a 37-14 loss to Texas on Sept. 15, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Unemployment benefits for Californians to expire this …

A California Employment Development Department building is seen in a photo posted on the agency's Flickr account in September 2018.

California employers adding new jobs at record-breaking …

A "NOW HIRING" sign is posted in the window of The Wharf Chocolate Factory at Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey on Aug. 6, 2021. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

California hiring slowed in June as employers try to coax …

Mississippi latest state to end pay boost for unemployment, …

A forklift driver moves a pallet of cardboard boxes at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, Miss., says Friday, May 28, 2021. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, says that she has seen a lot of people abusing the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed. She also cited the pool of needed certified and experienced forklift drivers and other positions are limited because of the said abuse. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

California has regained nearly half of jobs lost in COVID-19 …

In this May 17, 2021, file photo, a hiring banner hangs outside a McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Stanton, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Two accused of over $675K in California EDD fraud …

Charles Hutchinson and Jessica Sanchez were taken into custody on April 22 after investigators found they had committed EDD fraud.

Poll: 38 million Americans — or 15% — worse off financially …

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Ex-EDD worker charged with fraud after allegedly …

Here’s what to do if you are a victim of unemployment …

In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Up to 4.1 million may have to repay California unemployment …

In his Dec. 18, 2020 file photo a runner passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

CA lawmakers say EDD’s attempts to stem fraudulent …

A woman wearing a facemask enters a building where the Employment Development Department has its offices in Los Angeles, California on May 4, 2020, past a posted sign mentioning the closure of the offices's public access counters due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

California labor secretary talks about fraud, other …