{"id":51344,"date":"2022-11-14T18:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51344"},"modified":"2022-11-14T18:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:29:44","slug":"l-a-man-guilty-of-stealing-nearly-5-5-million-in-covid-jobless-relief-and-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51344","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Man Guilty of Stealing Nearly $5.5 Million in COVID Jobless Relief and Drug Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Homeland-Security-Investigations-Badge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"283\" \/>Officials stated that a downtown Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and fraud charges that he fraudulently obtained nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Edward Kim used the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kim, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, one count of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of conspiracy to defraud the government concerning claims, two counts of mail fraud, and two counts of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">With his co-conspirators, Kim caused at least 297 fraudulent tax returns to be filed with the IRS, which sought more than $356,400 in fraudulent EIP from the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5906 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/U.S.-Department-of-Justice-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> Kim has been in federal custody since his arrest in this case in March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to his plea agreement, officials stated that from May 2020 to March 2021, Kim and his co-conspirators submitted approximately 459 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Kim used the names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other information of California state prison inmates and other people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Kim received the inmates\u2019 information from various sources, including by purchasing PII from the dark web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-274x173.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>Kim and his accomplices submitted to the EDD online applications for UI benefits that falsely represented the inmates and others were unemployed because of the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> Kim knowingly listed on the applications false mailing addresses, including his current and former apartments, to which the bank sent the EDD-approved debit cards containing UI funds. Kim then made cash withdrawals at bank branches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kim and his co-conspirators received about $5,458,050 in fraudulently obtained UI funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37053 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-Justice-Scales-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"90\" \/>Kim further admitted that in November 2019 he sent two packages \u2013 one containing nearly one pound (449.6 grams) of methamphetamine, the other containing over 300 fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl \u2013 from a FedEx store in West Covina to the address of a UPS Store in Hawaii. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Kim\u2019s co-conspirator in Hawaii arrived at the UPS Store to pick up the packages. Law enforcement arrested him before he could do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In July 2020, Kim began renting a warehouse in La Habra where he stored equipment and materials for manufacturing and distributing narcotic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">This included pill presses and dies, pill bottles, scales, and various binding agents. He also maintained a marijuana grow operation at the La Habra warehouse, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kim also admitted that beginning in March 2020, he conspired with others to defraud the United States by using stolen identities to file false and fraudulent income tax returns to fraudulently claim tax refunds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The tax returns included false information designed to qualify for COVID pandemic-related Economic Impact Payments (EIP), which the federal government provided on three occasions in 2020 and 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During a traffic stop in La Habra in November 2020, law enforcement found approximately 22 grams of methamphetamine in Kim\u2019s car, along with a digital scale and 16 debit cards in other people&#8217;s names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another search in March 2021 at Kim\u2019s luxury apartment near L.A. Live resulted in law enforcement found nearly 35 grams of methamphetamine, dozens of EDD letters and mailings, and a notebook marked \u201cstimulus scheme,\u201d which contained approximately 405 different identities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">A search of the La Habra warehouse in April 2021 led to more EDD paperwork, ATM withdrawal receipts, and nearly 296 grams of methamphetamine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">A 9mm Polymer80 handgun with no serial number \u2013 commonly referred to as a \u201cghost gun\u201d \u2013 also was found at the La Habra warehouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">U.S.District Judge James V. Selna scheduled a March 6, 2023 sentencing hearing, at which time Kim will face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Homeland Security Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation, the United States Department of Labor\u2019s Office of Inspector General, the California Employment Development Department &#8211; Investigation Division, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation &#8211;\u00a0Special Service Unit, the La\u00a0Habra Police Department, and the Hawaii Police Department are investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Assistant United States Attorney Andrew M. Roach of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crime Section and Julia Hu of the Major Frauds Section are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Anyone with general information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Justice Department\u2019s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at (866) 720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4178631773MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0 Officials stated that a downtown Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and fraud charges that he fraudulently obtained nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-federal-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>L.A. 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