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One-Time EDD Employee Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.6 Million in COVID-Related Jobless Benefits

A former California Employment Development Department (EDD) employee has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for causing nearly 200 fraudulent COVID-related unemployment relief claims to be filed in other people’s names, resulting in more than $1.6 million in ill-gotten gains, the Justice Department announced today.

East Chicago Woman Charged Wire Fraud

Prison Inmates Among Four Defendants Indicted for Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in New York Federal Court on Charges Related to Ponzi and COVID-19 Fraud Schemes

Christopher A. Parris, 41, formerly of Rochester, New York, and currently of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, as well as to wire fraud involving the fraudulent sale of purported N95 masks during the pandemic.

State Contractor Charged in $2 million Unemployment Fraud Scheme

Malden Man Indicted for CARES Act Pandemic Unemployment Fraud and Identity Fraud

BOSTON – A Malden man was charged today with identity fraud and with submitting fraudulent applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). The federal PUA program provides unemployment-related benefits to individuals who have been impacted by COVID-19.

33 Inmates and Accomplices Charged with Illegally Obtaining Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits

Two Charged in $1.8 million Unemployment Insurance Scam