Woman Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for $1M California Unemployment Insurance Fraud During COVID Pandemic

A judge sentenced a Northern California woman to nine years in prison on Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in unemployment benefits during the height of the COVID pandemic.
Kaymeisha Keyes, 33, of San Joaquin County pleaded guilty in February to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a scheme to defraud the state's Employment Development Department. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California said Keyes filed dozens of fraudulent claims with the department to obtain unemployment benefits under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act between April 2020 and August 2021.

Read the entire news article.  CBS News Bay Area, September 18, 2024, by Carlos Castañeda