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U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Individual Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds (USAO D-PR 01/18/2023) (2023-01-18)

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Press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico, dated January 18, 2023, announcing that Martín Scamaroni-Cintrón was sentenced that day by United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón to 30 months in prison for laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds. It states that Scamaroni-Cintrón pleaded guilty on November 15, 2022 to violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1596(a)(1)(B)(i) and admitted withdrawing in excess of $87,000 in fraudulently obtained funds from September 2020 to December 2021. As alleged in the Indictment, the funds came from unemployment programs and SBA loans applied for in other persons' names. Restitution is ordered to agencies including the SBA ($204,800.00) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security ($71,078.00).

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“U.S. Department of Labor OIG, Individual Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds (USAO D-PR 01/18/2023) (2023-01-18).” Original at www.oig.dol.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/u-s-department-of-labor-oig-individual-sentenced-to-30-months-in-priso-bb122cc337/, SHA-256 56827af3259ad89b557d0bdb33c8f21c6836c1ee6587e792b6b6d423996abdc6.

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                                         Department of Justice
                                           U.S. Attorney’s Office
                                           District of Puerto Rico


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 Wednesday, January 18, 2023

    Individual Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Laundering
      Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment
                         Assistance Funds
    SAN JUAN, P.R. – Martín Scamaroni-Cintrón was sentenced on January 18, 2023 by United States
    District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón to 30 months in prison for laundering Unemployment
    Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Funds from his bank account in Puerto
    Rico.

    Scamaroni-Cintrón pleaded guilty on November 15, 2022 to sixteen violations of 18 U.S.C.
    § 1596(a)(1)(B)(i) and admitted to withdrawing in excess of $87,000 in fraudulently obtained funds
    from his bank account from September 2020 to December 2021. As alleged in the Indictment, the
    funds were fraudulently obtained from the Unemployment Insurance and Pandemic Unemployment
    Assistance Program from multiple states as well as the proceeds of U.S. Small Business
    Administration (SBA) loans that he was not qualified and authorized to receive. The applications for
    Unemployment Insurance UI and PUA were fraudulently submitted in the names of other persons,
    who never applied for UI and PUA benefits or SBA loans, but the applications utilized the
    defendant’s bank account and routing numbers.

    Scamaroni-Cintrón was also ordered to pay restitution to all the agencies involved in his scheme:

•   SBA- $204,800.00
•   Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services- $51,543.00
•   Maine Department of Labor- $10,295.00
•   Arizona Department of Jobs and Family Services- $13,257.00
•   Washington State Employment Security Department- $10,710.00
•   Illinois Department of Employment Security- $71,078.00

    The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States
    Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (USDOL-OIG), and the Puerto Rico Department of
    Treasury (Hacienda).

    Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSA) Victor Acevedo and Manuel Muñiz Lorenzi handled the prosecution
    of the case.

    To report a COVID-19-related fraud scheme or suspicious activity, contact the National Center for
    Disaster Fraud (NCDF) by calling the NCDF Hotline at 1-866-720-5721 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):
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
USAO - Puerto Rico

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