California Unemployment Fraud Woes Complicate Su’s DOL Hopes

California Labor Secretary Julie Su’s admission that her department spent up to $31 billion on fraudulent claims for jobless benefits has collided with White House plans to tap her for a key labor post, creating a potential liability for her promotion to the federal stage.

Several hours after Bloomberg Law reported that President Joe Biden plans to nominate her for deputy secretary of the U.S. Labor Department, Su held a press conference Monday to declare that at least $11 billion of the $114 billion in unemployment insurance payments California has made since March went to bogus claimants. An additional $20 ...