{"id":43033,"date":"2021-06-14T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43033"},"modified":"2021-06-14T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:12:16","slug":"three-women-used-prison-inmates-names-to-get-covid-related-jobs-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43033","title":{"rendered":"Three Women Used Prison Inmates&#8217; Names to Illegally Get COVID-Related Jobs Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/former-receptionist-stole-446000-medical-office-new-jersey\/department-of-justice-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Three Inland Empire women plead guilty to federal criminal charges accusing them of using information belonging to other people \u2013 including California state prison inmates \u2013 to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits, with each defendant causing at least $350,000 in losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paris Denise Thomas, 33, of San Bernardino, pleaded guilty Monday to a one-count information charging her with wire fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal has scheduled a Sept.13 sentencing hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On Friday, Sequoia Edwards, 35, of Moreno Valley, and Mireya Ramos, 42, of Colton, each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/skid-row\/judge-gavel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-39979\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/judge-gavel-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>U.S. District Judge John W. Holcomb has scheduled an August 27 sentencing hearing for Ramos. Edwards\u2019 sentencing hearing will be scheduled on a later date set by Judge Holcomb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As a result of their guilty pleas, all three women face up to 30 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress and signed into law in March 2020 provided additional unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to qualified individuals and helped provide UI benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic to people who did not otherwise qualify, including business owners, self-employed workers, independent contractors, and those with a limited work history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 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unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In exchange for cash payments, Thomas provided third parties with the electronic benefit payment debit cards which were loaded periodically with UI benefits and EDD website login credentials linked to the fraudulent UI claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In total, Thomas caused EDD to disburse approximately $477,000 in fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Edwards admitted in her plea agreement that, from July 2020 to August 2020, she submitted at least 27 fraudulent UI claims to the EDD using the information of California state prison inmates and other people, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">She also falsely stated they had lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In total, Edwards caused the EDD to disburse approximately $456,218 in UI benefits from July 2020 to March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ramos admitted that, from June 2020 to December 2020, she submitted approximately 37 fraudulent UI claims to the EDD using the personal information of California prison inmates and others, falsely representing to the EDD that the inmates were unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7550794094MsoNormal\" 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