{"id":59113,"date":"2025-06-18T17:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59113"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:04:34","slug":"59113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59113","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to Seven years in Federal Prison for Stealing COVID-19 Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"349\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"119\">LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"349\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57053\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/courtroom_1721694324.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22946 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Jasmine Unique Mallard-McCarter, 30, of Eastvale, California, was sentenced to <strong data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"240\">7 years (84 months) in federal prison<\/strong> and ordered to pay <strong data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"292\">$1.76 million in restitution<\/strong> for orchestrating a large-scale COVID-19 benefits fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"365\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"365\">Key Facts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"914\">\n<li data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"472\">\n<p data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"472\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"384\">Fraud Total:<\/strong> $1.7 million in fake unemployment benefits, business loans, and pandemic relief grants.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"582\">\n<p data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"582\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"485\">Alias:<\/strong> &#8220;JassyMC&#8221; and \u201cJass of All Trades\u201d on Instagram, where she openly advertised her fraud services.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"786\">\n<p title=\"\" data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"786\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"597\">Tactics:<\/strong> Filed bogus claims using stolen or fake identities; charged clients to do the same; brokered counterfeit documents like fake Social Security cards, tax returns, pay stubs, and DMV records.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"914\">\n<p data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"914\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"807\">Scam Services:<\/strong> Promoted a DMV contact who could bypass legal vehicle requirements and offered fake credentials for a fee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1116\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">McCarter pleaded guilty to <strong data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"978\">conspiracy to commit wire fraud<\/strong> on Feb. 28. Federal investigators from the Department of Labor, SBA, FBI, Homeland Security, and the Secret Service uncovered her scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1242\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">She used her social media to coach others in defrauding pandemic relief programs, exploiting both state and federal systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1426\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This case was prosecuted by <strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1312\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Brown<\/strong> as part of the <strong data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1369\">COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force<\/strong>, a national effort to prosecute pandemic-related fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1577\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"1428\" data-end=\"1454\">Report COVID-19 fraud:<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"1457\" \/><span 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