{"id":52413,"date":"2023-03-06T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T04:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52413"},"modified":"2023-03-06T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T04:19:02","slug":"l-a-man-sentenced-to-24-years-in-prison-for-5-5-million-covid-jobless-benefits-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52413","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for $5.5 Million COVID Jobless Benefits Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7271\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Photo Image\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Fraud-Image.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FBI Photo Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">A downtown Los Angeles man was sentenced Monday to 24 years and four months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">He did this by using the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties, trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, and seeking to obtain more than $356,400 in tax refunds fraudulently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0U.S. District Judge James V. Selna sentenced Edward Kim, 37.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">The judge ordered him to pay $5,458,050 in restitution to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) and $16,800 to the IRS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39380 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Scams-1024x576-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Scams-1024x576-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Scams-1024x576-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-Scams-1024x576-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Kim pleaded guilty in November 2022 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 class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Kim has been in federal custody since his arrest in this case in March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From May 2020 to March 2021, Kim and his co-conspirators submitted approximately 459 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to EDD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><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\" \/>They used the names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other identifiable information (PII) of California state prison inmates and other people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Kim received the inmates\u2019 information from various sources, including by purchasing PII from the dark web.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kim and his accomplices submitted to the EDD online applications for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits that falsely represented the inmates and others who were unemployed because of the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51164 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/qtq80-bKiHX2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In total, Kim and his co-conspirators received approximately $5,458,050 in fraudulently obtained UI funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In November 2019, Kim 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<figure id=\"attachment_51091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51091\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51091\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/giorgio-trovato-wyxqqpyfnk8-unsplash-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"white and black printer paper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@giorgiotrovato\" rel=\"nofollow\">Giorgio Trovato<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=american-justice-notebook&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Kim\u2019s co-conspirator in Hawaii arrived at the UPS Store to pick up the packages, but law enforcement arrested him before he could do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\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 the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, including pill presses and dies, pill bottles, scales, and various binding agents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">He also maintained a marijuana grow operation at the La Habra warehouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">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=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">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=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\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 the names of other people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\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 finding 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=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A search of the La Habra warehouse in 2021 led to more EDD paperwork, ATM withdrawal receipts, and nearly 296 grams of methamphetamine. 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 during a subsequent search later that year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Homeland Security Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation, the United States Department of Labor\u2019s Office of Inspector General, the California Employment Development Department \u2013 Investigation Division, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation \u2013 Special Service Unit, the La Habra Police Department, and the Hawaii Police Department investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2118159485MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew M. 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