US Attorney Eight Defendants Facing Federal Charges Relating to Over $1.6 Million Dollars in Cares Act Covid-19 Fraud, including Identity Theft and Unemployment I

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging nine defendants in relation to a Maryland and California CARES Act COVID-19 unemployment insurance scheme. The indictment charges the defendants with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and theft of United States Postal Office arrow keys. The indictment was returned on June 21, 2022, and unsealed upon the defendants’ self-surrenders and arrests.

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This is mafia level rico crimes.

the defendants submitted over 200 fraudulent UI claims and resulted in a loss of more than $1.6 million dollars.