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Fraud concerns over California's unemployment benefits

by Associated Press
| September 4, 2020 12:03 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Concerns are growing about possible widespread fraud in California’s unemployment system following numerous reports of people receiving unsolicited letters, some with debit cards, from the state's jobless agency, and a suspicious number of claims involving independent contractors.

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