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U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Multiple Fraudulently-Obtained Unemployment Insurance Benefits Debit Cards (USAO D-NV 02/03/2021) (2021-02-18)

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A February 3, 2021 press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada announcing that Delashaun Dean, of Tolleson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of counterfeit and unauthorized access devices. According to admissions made with the plea, between October 3 and October 5, 2020, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department found 15 unemployment insurance benefits debit cards issued by the California Employment Development Department, all in other names, on Dean and in a hotel room. The release states that at least $222,930 in benefits were approved for the claims tied to the cards. U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon scheduled sentencing for May 11, 2021, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Fang is prosecuting.

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“U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Multiple Fraudulently-Obtained Unemployment Insurance Benefits Debit Cards (USAO D-NV 02/03/2021) (2021-02-18).” Original at www.oig.dol.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/u-s-department-of-labor-oig-arizona-man-pleads-guilty-to-possession-of-a11d5bb717/, SHA-256 047bca6589a571d54112ff30f938683a45d6af1e48d0c44756b7a1b7db7cc8cf.

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                                     Department of Justice
                                      U.S. Attorney’s Office
                                       District of Nevada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 Wednesday, February 3, 2021

   Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Multiple
 Fraudulently-Obtained Unemployment Insurance Benefits
                       Debit Cards
   Defendant Attempted to Steal Nearly $223,000 in Unemployment Benefits
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – An Arizona man pleaded guilty today to possession of multiple
unemployment benefits debit cards — all in different names — and intending to fraudulently obtain
nearly $223,000 in benefits to be paid to him, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for
the District of Nevada and Special Agent-in-Charge Quentin Heiden of the U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG), Los Angeles Region.

Delashaun Dean, 32, of Tolleson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of counterfeit
and unauthorized access devices. U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon scheduled a sentencing hearing
for May 11, 2021.

According to admissions made in connection with Dean’s guilty plea, between October 3 and October
5, 2020, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department found 15 unemployment insurance benefits
debit cards issued by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) on Dean and in
his hotel room. The debit cards were all in different names, not in Dean’s name. In addition, law
enforcement found a fake driver’s license and a spiral notebook with personal identifying
information of multiple individuals, which was used to apply for unemployment insurance benefits.
At least $222,930 in unemployment benefits were approved for the claims associated with the
recovered EDD cards.

The statutory maximum sentence is 10 years in prison, supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Jim Fang is prosecuting the case.

Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by
calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at 866-720-5721 or
via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-
complaint-form.

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Topic(s):
Coronavirus
Financial Fraud
Component(s):
USAO - Nevada

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