Information — No. 2:24-cr-00717 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A criminal information in United States of America v. Phyllis Hope Stitt and Kenneth Earl Riley, filed December 2, 2024 as Document 1 in No. 2:24-cr-00717-AB in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. It charges both defendants with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The information alleges that Stitt, an employment program representative at the California Employment Development Department, filed fraudulent unemployment insurance applications from about March 2020 to September 2021 for people who were employed, not unemployed due to the pandemic, or deceased, and backdated claims. It alleges that debit cards went to addresses Riley could access and that Riley activated them and withdrew cash, listing overt acts such as $1,000 ATM withdrawals. The signature block names United States Attorney E. Martin Estrada.

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