pandemic relief fraud

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three individuals have been arrested in connection with a COVID-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme targeting the California Employment Development Department (EDD). The arrests, coordinated by multiple law …

A former Small Business Administration (SBA) employee, Malaina Chapman, 38, of Hialeah, was sentenced Friday to over four years in prison for orchestrating a scheme that defrauded pandemic relief loan …

SPARTA TOWNSHIP, NJ — A Sparta Township couple has been sentenced to one year in federal prison after being found guilty of fraudulently obtaining nearly $800,000 in federal pandemic relief …

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 …

Phoenix, Ariz. — A St. David, Arizona man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme to illegally obtain nearly $1 million in COVID-19 relief …

FARMINGDALE, NJ – Kevin Aguilar, a former Farmingdale, New Jersey resident, was sentenced to 192 months (16 years) in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that exploited federal …

A Scranton man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of wire fraud. James G. Miller, Jr., 53, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for …

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Ten individuals across New Jersey were indicted in March 2025 for fraud related to unemployment benefits and pandemic relief programs, according to an announcement from Attorney …

Fort Myers, FL – A Fort Myers couple has been sentenced to federal prison for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme targeting COVID-19 relief programs, stealing more than $3.4 million, according …

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 …