COVID-19 fraud

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 …

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Three women from the Phoenix Valley have been sentenced for their roles in a COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme that involved filing fake benefit claims using stolen identities, …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Hibo Daar, 50, of Eden Prairie, has been indicted on two counts of wire fraud, becoming the 71st defendant in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud …

LOS ANGELES – Phyllis Hope Stitt, 61, a former employee of the California Employment Development Department (EDD), was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on Friday for her role …

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Loretta Clarice James, 49, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for her involvement in a multi-million-dollar COVID-19 fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) …

Three brothers from Georgia who operate multiple restaurants in the Charleston area have been sentenced for their involvement in a multi-million-dollar COVID-19 fraud scheme. William Chan (40), Siu Chan (32), …

HARTFORD — Victoria Kates, 34, from New Britain, Connecticut, pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding federal pandemic relief programs of more than $230,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of …