Information — No. 5:21-cr-00187 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An Information filed September 8, 2021 as Document 1 in United States v. Gabriela Llerenas, aka "Maria G. Sandoval," No. 5:21-cr-00187-JWH, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341. It alleges that from April 2020 through at least October 2020 the defendant filed unemployment insurance applications with California's Employment Development Department asserting that named claimants were self-employed independent contractors affected by COVID-19, triggering Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. According to the Information, some names and Social Security Numbers came from the defendant's prior work as a tax preparer, and some applications inflated income or invented occupations. It states the scheme caused approximately 197 fraudulent PUA claims and losses of at least $1,633,487.

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