Complaint — No. 5:20-cr-00210 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An AO 91 criminal complaint against Cara Marie Kirk-Connell in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 5:20-mj-00537, filed October 9, 2020 and docketed as Case 5:20-cr-00210-AB, Document 1. It charges access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1029(a)(2), 1028A(a)(1), and 1341 for May 28, 2020 to September 11, 2020. The affidavit of Marcus Valle, a Special Agent with the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, describes the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program under the CARES Act. It alleges that Kirk-Connell used identity information of approximately 50 people to obtain EDD benefit cards carrying more than $500,000 in COVID-related unemployment benefits, of which approximately $269,208 had been spent. Magistrate Judge Autumn D. Spaeth signed the complaint.

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