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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier and a Santa Clarita Valley man for allegedly scheming to steal approximately $800,000 in unemployment insurance (UI) funds, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

They allegedly used false claims of COVID-related job losses and stole UI debit cards from the U.S. mail, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\" Stephen Glover, 32, of Palmdale, who worked at the Valencia post office, and Travis McKenzie, 26, of Valencia, who lived on Glover\u2019s mail delivery route.<\/span><\/p>\n

A criminal complaint filed on May 13 and unsealed after Thursday’s arrests charges Glover and McKenzie with one count of mail fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, from August 2020 to February 2021, Glover and McKenzie fraudulently obtained debit cards issued by the California Employment Development Department (EDD), which administers the state\u2019s unemployment insurance program. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The debit cards were issued based on applications for pandemic-related unemployment benefits submitted using approximately 50 stolen identities and containing false statements claiming COVID-related job losses, the affidavit states. <\/span><\/p>\n

The EDD debit cards were issued in the names of victims, some of whom had never resided, worked, or visited California. <\/span><\/p>\n

Glover and McKenzie allegedly split the cash withdrawn using the EDD debit cards, some of which had balances exceeding $30,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\" The scheme allegedly involved more than 50 fraudulent claims to EDD, which resulted in EDD issuing cards that had about $798,733 in funds in those names, of which at least $318,771 has been withdrawn from the debit cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Glover also allegedly stole mail containing more than $20,000 in personal and business checks belonging to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Law enforcement executed search warrants at Glover\u2019s, McKenzie\u2019s, and Glover\u2019s girlfriend\u2019s residences in the spring of 2021, during which they found more than 200 pieces of stolen and EDD-related mail, including more than 15 EDD debit cards, according to the affidavit.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to defrauding the California EDD, Glover and McKenzie\u2019s scheme also fraudulently obtained debit cards from the Virginia Employment Commission, the affidavit alleges. <\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

If convicted of the mail fraud offense alleged in the complaint, Glover and McKenzie face up to 20 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, the California Employment Development Department Investigations, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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