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Monday, December 15, 2025

California unemployment agency paid $4.6 million in monthly fees for unused cellphones

EDD Audit By Adam Ashton, CalMatters. This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.   California’s unemployment agency kept paying cellphone bills for four and a half years without checking whether its workers were actually using the devices. That’s how it racked up $4.6 million in fees for mobile devices its workers were not using, according to a […]