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Baltimore, Maryland – A former Maryland Department of Labor (MD-DOL) insider received a federal-prison term, today, for scheming to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance (UI) claim benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Katrina McCant, 41, of Baltimore, to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

ABINGDON, Va. – A pair of Virginia residents pleaded guilty recently to filing false claims for pandemic unemployment benefits authorized by the CARES Act. The CARES Act is a federal law, enacted in March of 2020, that was designed to provide emergency financial assistance to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thonton Snapp, 50, of Bristol, Virginia, and Jacob Michael Testerman, 36, of Abingdon, Virginia, both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and commit an offense against the United States by filing fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment...

Karin L. Contreras, 45, a citizen of the Dominican Republic and a U.S. lawful permanent resident, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 27 months in prison in connection with her role in a scheme that attempted to defraud unemployment insurance programs during the COVID‑19 pandemic of more than $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

BOSTON – The former Director of the City of Boston’s Municipal Protective Services pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to obtaining federal pandemic funds through fraud.

Fort Myers, Florida – Thakur Sukhdeo (40, Lehigh Acres) has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and two counts of illegal monetary transactions related to COVID relief. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for each illegal monetary transaction count. Sukhdeo has also agreed to forfeit $413,900, which are the proceeds of the criminal offense. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

A Michigan man was sentenced on October 20, 2026, to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall imposed the sentence.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Timothy Wadsworth, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison and pay $810,965.19 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. In addition, Wadsworth was ordered to forfeit $810,956.19, which represents the wire fraud proceeds he received. This case is part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

Ian Jackson, a two-time convicted felon, was sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison today for executing a scheme to steal over $3 million in at least 15 fraudulent pandemic loans.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland woman is facing indictment stemming from submitting fraudulent applications for millions of dollars in federal loans. Kara DiPietro, 49, of Towson, is charged with bank fraud in connection with fraudulent applications that she allegedly filed to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans in the names of multiple businesses.

DES MOINES, Iowa –An Urbandale man was sentenced on October 1, 2026 to 24 months in federal prison for making false statements on a Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application and false declarations during subsequent bankruptcy proceedings.