Indictment — No. 2:22-cr-00205 (Dkt. 17, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment in United States v. Natalie Le Demola et al., No. 2:22-cr-00205-JFW, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, filed May 12, 2022 as Document 17. It charges defendants including Carleisha Neosha Plummer and Amber Jane Wade under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2), 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 982. Count One charges a conspiracy running from in or around June 2020 to at least in or around April 2021 to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits from the California Employment Development Department with fraudulent applications. The indictment alleges that defendants obtained personal identifying information of inmates at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and withdrew benefits from EDD debit cards at ATMs. It closes with forfeiture allegations and is signed by the foreperson as a true bill.

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