Indictment — No. 1:21-cr-00054 (E.D. Cal.)

Summary

Indictment in United States v. Jason Vertz and Alana Powers, Case No. 1:21-cr-00054-DAD-BAM, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, filed February 25, 2021 as Document 1. Count One charges conspiracy to commit mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, alleging that from not later than about May 2020 until about December 2020 the defendants caused fraudulent California EDD unemployment insurance claims to be filed in the names of Powers and other inmates at the Central California Women's Facility, who were ineligible for benefits. Counts Two and Three charge aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). The grand jury charges that the claims exceeded $260,000 and caused losses of over $103,000, and a criminal forfeiture allegation follows.

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