Acting Calif. U.S. Attorney: Two Plead Guilty in COVID-19 Unemployment Benefit Fraud Scheme
April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021
FRESNO, California, April 13 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021:
Jason Vertz, 51, of Fresno, and Alana Powers, 45, an inmate at the Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, each pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that targeted California Employment Development Department (EDD . . .
Jason Vertz, 51, of Fresno, and Alana Powers, 45, an inmate at the Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, each pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that targeted California Employment Development Department (EDD . . .