Complaint — United States v. Thompson (Dkt. 8, D. Mass.)

Summary

The affidavit of U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Jordan Knight supporting a criminal complaint against Omar Thompson for wire fraud under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, filed August 25, 2021 as Document 8 in No. 1:21-mj-01477 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. It states that between April and June 2020 the IP addresses of Thompson and a co-conspirator identified as CC-1 were used to file more than 100 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims with the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance, which paid out more than $1,200,000. It states that Thompson, a New Jersey resident, emailed claimants' personal information to CC-1 and received payments from claimants, and that a claim in Thompson's own name paid out over $19,000. The affidavit was sworn by telephone before Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell.

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