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On March 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) reported on the agency’s heightened criminal and civil enforcement activities in connection with COVID-19-related fraud.[1] As of that date, DOJ had publicly charged 474 defendants with criminal offenses in connection with COVID-19-related schemes across 56 federal districts to recover more than $569 million in U.S. government funds.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act is a federal law, enacted on March 29, 2020, designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who are suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act provides relief through a number of different programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”), the Provider Relief Fund, and Unemployment Insurance (“UI”).[2] With the promulgation of
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Hilaire is accused of stealing identities to apply for unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania. (Shutterstock)
PROVIDENCE, RI A Providence man is accused of using stolen identities to fraudulently apply for unemployment insurance in Pennsylvania, funded by federal coronavirus relief money. Courtney Hilaire, 28, faces 17 charges in an indictment from a federal grand jury in Providence.
According to the Department of Justice, Hilaire, who used the pseudonym Mr. Vacation, stole social security numbers and other personal information such as dates of birth and used them to apply for unemployment insurance payments in Pennsylvania in July 2020. He withdrew payments at least seven times starting in August 2020 from Rhode Island ATMs, the state s acting U.S. Attorney said.
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A Providence man allegedly harvested multiple Social Security numbers, gained CARES Act unemployment out of Pennsylvania, and used Rhode Island ATMs to withdraw the funds. (Shutterstock)
PROVIDENCE, RI A Rhode Island man who called himself Mr. Vacation has been indicted on charges that he stole Social Security numbers to apply for CARES Act unemployment funds in Pennsylvania and for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the SBA.
A federal grand jury in Providence on Friday returned a 17-count indictment naming 28-year-old Courtney Hilaire, a Providence man who formerly lived in Avon, Massachusetts. Hilaire, who in 2020 was arrested on state charges in both Warwick and Pawtucket, is now charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 14 counts of wire fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft.