Tag: unemployment insurance fraud
Phoebe Trinh, Unemployment Insurance and Pandemic Relief Program Fraud, Hawaii 2020
⏱ 2 min read Phoebe Trinh, a 33-year-old woman from Kapolei, Hawaii, was sentenced to 2 years in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the government of unemployment insurance and pandemic relief program funds. Between May 19, 2020, and October 20, 2020, Trinh submitted false claims for unemployment insurance benefits, including claims…
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,…
Tauheed Salik Wilder, Unemployment Insurance and PPP Fraud, Michigan 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Detroit scammer’s brazen scheme to bilk taxpayers out of $1.9M in unemployment insurance and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds has ended with a guilty plea. Tauheed Salik Wilder, 43, ripped off hundreds of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits in multiple states, including Michigan and California, using the names and…
