Tag: Lakeia Grant

  • Lakeia Simone Grant, Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Virginia 2021

    Lakeia Simone Grant, Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Virginia 2021

    ⏱ 2 min read Lakeia Simone Grant, a 40-year-old Newport News woman, was involved in a COVID era unemployment insurance fraud scheme that stole over $480,000 from the Virginia Employment Commission. From May 2020 to October 2021, Grant used the personal identifying information of prison inmates and others to file fraudulent claims for UI benefits,…