COVID-19 fraud

A Glendale man is set to be sentenced on March 2 after admitting to his role in a scheme that attempted to fraudulently obtain more than $1.9 million in federal …

Thirteen Los Angeles County employees across seven departments have been charged with felony grand theft after allegedly stealing more than $437,000 in unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced …

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A former Maryland Department of Labor official has been indicted in connection with a large-scale fraud and bribery scheme involving COVID-19 cleaning contracts, prosecutors announced Thursday. …

Harold Dotson, a 54-year-old accountant from Gaithersburg, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for his role in a conspiracy to …

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — In a major development in the ongoing Feeding Our Future investigation, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, 65, has become the 56th defendant to plead guilty in the sweeping $250 …

Two Israeli nationals have been sentenced to several years in US federal prison for separate fraud schemes involving millions of dollars. Daniel Dadoun, 49, was sentenced to 41 months for …

WATERLOO, Iowa — Erion Marshai Gafeney, 24, was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in jail for her role in a straw man gun buying scheme that funneled firearms to individuals …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tabitha Leigh Markle, 53, of Sacramento, was sentenced Thursday to four years and two months in prison for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that exploited the COVID-19 unemployment …

BOSTON, MA — A former Holliston, Massachusetts resident, Yvonette Joseph, was arrested this week for allegedly defrauding a federal COVID-19 rental assistance program of more than $100,000. Joseph, 45, now …

Jasmine Unique Mallard-McCarter, a Riverside County woman also known as “JassyMC,” has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for her role in a $1.7 million COVID-19 benefits fraud …