The Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., provides a five-year extension on the statute of limitations for criminally prosecuting those who committed ...

Corey Smith now faces only five more years in state prison, though he’s expected to remain in federal prison for at least another 25 years on a separate case. | Opinion ...

Legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Justice more time to track down and punish pandemic-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud is on its way to ...

A Sacramento woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated identity theft and mail fraud in connection with a scheme prosecutors say stole $2.6 million in COVID-era benefits from the state’s ...