Indictment — No. 2:24-cr-00367 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment against Reginald Foster, Jr., Shelece Counts and Isaiah Herbert Lawrence, CR No. 2:24-CR-00367-MCS, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, filed June 18, 2024 as Document 1. It charges conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341, bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2), use of unauthorized access devices under 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(2) and aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). The indictment alleges that from in or around June 2020 to at least October 2020 the defendants filed fraudulent pandemic unemployment applications with the California Employment Development Department and withdrew benefits through EDD debit cards at ATMs and transfers to a Champs Up, LLC account. Its overt acts include transfers of $5,000 and $3,000 to that account.

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