Over the last two weeks, the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) has arrested 44 individuals within the City in connection with Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud and identity theft. The arrests yielded a total of 129 fraudulent EDD debit cards with a value of over $2.5 million, more than $289,000 in U.S. currency and seven handguns found on the suspects’ persons or in their vehicles.
The Courier first broke the story that EDD fraud is impacting the City in its Sept. 11 issue.
