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Covid Fraud Tracker (Through 4-9-21).Xlsx Subject name(s) Date Law Enforcement Alleged Conduct Summary Relevant statute(s) State Court Type of Action Individual subject? Corporate subject? Follow-on action? Matter Number Dates of unlawful Penalties Press Release Petition/ Agreement/J Announced Agency conduct (civil/criminal fines, Complaint/ udgment incarceration) Indictment Ronald A. Smith 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Ronald A. Smith pleaded guilty to wire fraud, engaging in monetary transactions in - Virginia E.D. Va. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- criminally derived property, and fraud in connection with emergency benefits for, inter alia, enforcment ce.gov/usao- submitting a fraudulent application with the Virginia Employment Commission for edva/pr/man- unemployment compensation, including $600 per week in federal pandemic sentenced- unemployment compensation authorized under the CARES Act. defrauding- nearly-1700- victims-1-million- small-business- loan-scam James Heritage 4/9/2021 USDOJ PPP fraud; James Heritage pleaded guilty to making a false statement on a loan application to obtain 18 USC §§ 1001, 1343 Arkansas W.D. Ark. Criminal Yes No No 6:21-cr-60007-SOH - - https://www.justi - Local copy of Unemployment fraud money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and mail fraud, in connection with enforcment ce.gov/usao- Heritage plea a scheme to collect Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), a form of supplemental wdar/pr/hot- agreement unemployment insurance, from at least 40 different states and the District of Columbia. springs-man- pleads-guilty- charges- connection- obtaining- coronavirus-relief- funds Mary Benton; Angelica Cartwright- 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Mary Benton, Angelica Cartwright-Powers, Michael Lee Lewis, Jr., and Michael Anthony 18 USC §§ 371, 1040, 1341, 2 Virginia E.D. Va. Criminal Yes No No 2:21-cr-00033-RAJ-LRL - - https://www.justi Local copy of - Powers; Michael Lee Lewis, Jr.; Michael White were charged for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to use the personal enforcment ce.gov/usao- Benton et al Anthony White identifying information of 35 Virginia prison inmates in order to fraudulently obtain over edva/pr/four- complaint $300,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits. Benton and Cartwright-Powers individuals- were charged with conspiracy, mail fraud, and fraud in connection with major disaster indicted- benefits; and Lewis and White were charged with conspiracy and mail fraud. fraudulently- obtaining- pandemic- unemployment- benefits Sequoia Edwards 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Sequoia Edwards was charged with fraud in connection with emergency benefits and wire 18 USC §§ 1040, 1343 California C.D. Cal. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi Local copy of - fraud for allegedly filing at least 27 fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) claims over enforcment ce.gov/usao- Edwards two months last summer, at least six of which used personally identifiable information (PII) cdca/pr/3-inland- complaint belonging to California prison inmates that she allegedly received from her incarcerated empire-women- cousin. arrested-charges- illegally-obtaining- covid-related- unemployment Mireya Ramos 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Mireya Ramos was charged with fraud in connection with emergency benefits and wire 18 USC §§ 1040, 1343 California C.D. Cal. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi Local copy of - fraud for allegedly filing at least 37 fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) claims, most of enforcment ce.gov/usao- Ramos which were submitted in the names of inmates in the California prison system and many of cdca/pr/3-inland- complaint which falsely stated the applicants were barbers who could not work due to the pandemic. empire-women- The affidavit in support of her criminal complaint states that Ramos obtained the inmates’ arrested-charges- PII from her long-time boyfriend, who is currently serving a life sentence in Calipatria State illegally-obtaining- Prison. covid-related- unemployment Paris Thomas 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Paris Thomas was charged with fraud in connection with emergency benefits and wire 18 USC §§ 1040, 1343 California C.D. Cal. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi Local copy of - fraud for allegedly filing approximately 49 fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) enforcment ce.gov/usao- Thomas applications, at least 15 of which were filed in the names of people incarcerated in state cdca/pr/3-inland- complaint prisons, a federal prison and county jails. empire-women- arrested-charges- illegally-obtaining- covid-related- unemployment Daniel Maleus; Lilly Nguyen 4/9/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Daniel Maleus and Lilly Nguyen were charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire 18 USC §§ 1001, 1028A, 1343, Massachusetts D. Mass. Criminal Yes No No 1:21-mj-02142-MBB; --https://www.justi Local copy of - fraud, and aggravated identity theft, and Nguyen was also charged with bank fraud, 1344, 1349 enforcment 1:21-mj-02139-MBB ce.gov/usao- Maleus and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and lying to a federal agent for their alleged involvement ma/pr/two- Nguyen in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Maleus stoneham- complaints and Nguyen conspired to file fraudulent claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance residents- (PUA) using others’ personally identifiable information. arrested-charges- identity-theft-and- unemployment- fraud-related Travis Kilgore 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Travis Kilgore pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and conspiracy to 18 USC §§ 371, 1040 Virginia W.D. Va. Criminal Yes No No 2:21-cr-00007-JPJ-PMS - - https://www.justi Local copy of - commit mail fraud for allegedly developing a scheme with others beginning in May 2020 to enforcment ce.gov/usao- Kilgore defraud the United States and the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) through the wdva/pr/wise- complaint filing of fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment benefits. county-man- pleads-guilty- unemployment- fraud-scheme Tyrone Hazard 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Tyrone Hazard was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Rashaad Hill 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Rashaad Hill was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing multiple - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Michael Moran Lamb 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Michael Moran Lamb was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Jesse Hazard 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Jesse Hazard was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing multiple - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Jamel Newman 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Jamel Newman was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Francois Parker 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Francois Parker was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Darren Robinson 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Darren Robinson was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Jyireal Gadson 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Jyireal Gadson was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment ce.gov/usao- ri/pr/cares-act- fraud- investigations- identify-twenty- three-individuals- targeting-thirty- one Rashaad Muskelly 4/8/2021 USDOJ Unemployment fraud Rashaad Muskelly was charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly filing - Rhode Island D.R.I. Criminal Yes No No - - - https://www.justi -- multiple claims for unemployment compensation in Rhode Island and in other states. enforcment
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