Tampa woman gets 3 years for ID theft, 'defrauding' COVID unemployment funds, USAO says
Wingfield pleaded guilty on
"Wingfield obtained the personal identifying information of others and used that information to submit, or cause the submission of, false and fraudulent unemployment insurance (UI) claims to various state workforce agencies in order to obtain UI benefits to which she was not entitled," USAO reported.
Wingfield then transferred the benefit funds to bank accounts, or "loaded onto debit cards issued in the names of others."
After loading the funds into bank accounts and onto the debit cards, Wingfield tried to withdraw the funds at automated teller machines. In total, she "obtained
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