U.S. Attorney’s Office, W.D.N.Y.: Dunkirk woman sentenced for theft of government funds involving COVID-19 fraud (Sept. 24, 2026)

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A press release of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York dated September 24, 2026, headed "Dunkirk woman sentenced for theft of government funds involving COVID-19 fraud." It states that U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Angela Kellogg, 35, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of theft of government money, was sentenced to three years' probation by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. In July 2020, according to the release, Kellogg provided identification information to a co-conspirator and later received a check totaling $11,586 from the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources, funded through the CARES Act. The release states that she kept $5,000. It adds that the department lost a total of $67,524 as a result of the scheme.

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“U.S. Attorney’s Office, W.D.N.Y.: Dunkirk woman sentenced for theft of government funds involving COVID-19 fraud (Sept. 24, 2026).” Original at www.justice.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/u-s-attorney-s-office-w-d-n-y-dunkirk-woman-sentenced-for-theft-of-gov-1007923f69/, SHA-256 8af6e141c4238e0d0622e065c994d9d111bbd4041b12284137954ef9785f879f.

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