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Two Tampa Men Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

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A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida dated Wednesday, September 22, 2021. It states that Kary Stevenson (47) and Corey Quinn (35), both of Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, each facing a maximum of five years for the conspiracy count and a consecutive two years for the identity count. According to the plea agreements, from approximately May 2020 until August 12, 2020, Stevenson and Quinn used the personal identifying information of others to submit false unemployment insurance claims to state workforce agencies. The release states that the U.S. Department of Labor calculated the total intended loss at approximately $1,010,353.

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                                     Department of Justice
                                       U.S. Attorney’s Office
                                     Middle District of Florida

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               Wednesday, September 22, 2021

  Two Tampa Men Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit
 Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Related
       To COVID Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Tampa, Florida – Kary Stevenson (47) and Corey Quinn (35), both of Tampa, have pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Each faces a maximum
penalty of five years in federal prison for the conspiracy count and a consecutive two years’
imprisonment for the aggravated identity count.

According to the plea agreements, from approximately May 2020 and continuing until August 12,
2020, Stevenson and Quinn obtained the personal identifying information of others and used that
information to submit, or caused to be submitted, false and fraudulent unemployment insurance
(UI) claims to various state workforce agencies to obtain UI benefits. These UI benefits were then
transferred to bank accounts or loaded onto debits cards issued in the names of other persons.
Stevenson and Quinn then used, and attempted to use, the fraudulently obtained debit cards to
withdraw money from ATMs and to purchase items from retail establishments. The U.S. Department
of Labor calculated the total intended loss from Stevenson and Quinn’s fraudulent UI claims was
approximately $1,010,353.

In March 2020, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which expanded states’ ability to provide UI for
many workers impacted by COVID-19, including for workers who were not ordinarily eligible for
benefits.

On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to
marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government
to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Task Force bolsters efforts to
investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists
agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods,
augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and
techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information
and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts. For more information on the Department’s
response to the pandemic, please visit https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus

Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by
calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-
5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-
disaster-complaint-form.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General, the U.S.
Secret Service, and the Tampa Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorneys Gregory D. Pizzo and John Cannizzaro.


Topic(s):
Coronavirus
Disaster Fraud
Financial Fraud
Identity Theft
Component(s):
USAO - Florida, Middle

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