Reports

DOl OIG had concerns regarding UI benefits specifically to what extent did ETA and state workforce agencies (SWA) address potentially fraudulent CARES Act UI claims filed using suspicious email accounts. 10 SWAs were reviewed and DOL OIG found ETA took limited action to ensure states properly addressed the potentially fraudulent UI claims. ETA did not perform the proper oversight actions, because ETA considered its oversight responsibilities to be limited. ETA 's ability to assess UI program performance, identify high-risk areas and provide states with additional tools, because ETA did not...

Roosevelt Gulley III, 41, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Hooper his company, Hooper Consulting, LLC, allegedly misused COVID-19 Economic Injury and Disaster Loan funds.

Baltimore, Maryland – Edward McCorkle, 37, of Baltimore County, Maryland, pled guilty today, to one count of wire fraud, in connection with submitting fraudulent CARES Act loan applications. According to his plea agreement, beginning in May 2020, and continuing through February 2021 in the District of Maryland, McCorkle engaged in a scheme to defraud financial institutions — including Cross River Bank, and the SBA — to obtain fraudulent loans for various purported businesses that he previously established under the PPP and EIDL program.

John J. Diehl Jr. pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of wire fraud.

Greenbelt, Maryland – District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Jemel Lyles, 43, of Washington, DC, to 66 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $281,947 in restitution, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. In his guilty plea, Lyles admitted to submitting applications for and receiving funds from six fraudulent CARES Act loans. Additionally, Lyles violated his supervised release from a previous federal conviction for obstruction of an audit.

BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to submitting fraudulent information in an effort to obtain unemployment benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.