The former state employee of Carson and ex-boyfriend received 1 year, 8 months in prison for Pandemic Benefits Program

Los Angeles-a former employee of the California department for work development that the state unemployment insurance program managed, and her ex-boyfriend was sentenced to federal prison terms in the city center of Los Angeles on Friday because she received hundreds of thousands from thousands of dollars in COVID-19-pandemic-related operating services.

The 61 -year -old Phyllis from Carson was convicted in the federal prison, André Birotte Jr., 20 months -one year and eight months, which, according to the US law firm, also paid 768,958 US dollars in reimbursement.

Birotte condemned Kenneth Riley, 64, from South Los Angeles, for 20 months behind bars and ordered him to pay 611,458 US dollars in reimbursement.

In January in January in the city center of Los Angeles, Stitt owed a conspiracy number of the federal government to commit postal and bank fraud because he had submitted at least 29 wrong claims that led to the EDD 768,958 US dollars. Riley owed the same charges.

Stitt and Riley had been in a relationship as a domestic partner in a relationship as a representative of the employment program for over a decade at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic. Her professional tasks included the determination of the applicants for services for unemployment insurance and the implementation of activities for the processing of damage cases.

From March 2020 to September 2021, Stitt acquired during the use of access and the information that was available in her position at the EDD, the names, birth data, social security numbers and other personal identifying information from victims used to submit fraudulent claims.

Stitt then submitted fraudulent applications for services without the knowledge or consent of the victim and then increased the amount by returning the fraudulent inquiries to maximize claims, according to the public prosecutor.

She certified the fraudulent applications that said that the victims had submitted their employment history and driving license information, and confirmed that they were unemployed due to the pandemic and were actively looking for work.

Many of the victims were not entitled to receive the benefits because they were currently busy because of the pandemic, did not have died unemployed or at that time, according to the US public prosecutor.

When submitting the wrong applications, STITT Mailing addresses that Riley had access to. Subsequently, debit cards and accounts created by the fraudulent applications were accessed by Riley and others who have made cash withdrawals for ATMs, bank transfers and retail purchases.