Indictment — No. 2:21-cr-00580 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An indictment filed December 16, 2021 as Document 1 in United States v. Abdul-Malik McClain, aka "Malik McClain," Case 2:21-cr-00580-MWF, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). The grand jury charges that from no later than July 2020 through at least September 2020 the defendant, a member of a university football team, and others filed Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims with California's Employment Development Department in the names of teammates, associates and people who had not authorized them. It states at least approximately 36 fraudulent applications caused attempted losses of at least approximately $903,688 and actual losses of at least approximately $227,736. The mail fraud counts cover debit cards mailed by Bank of America.

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