California USPS Workers Plead Guilty to Stealing Over $300,000 in Unemployment Benefits
On 5/25/21 at 8:26 AM EDT
Two United States Postal Service employees have pleaded guilty to charges they unlawfully bought and cashed postal money orders with thousands of dollars in California unemployment benefits obtained through false claims of COVID-related job losses, prosecutors said.
Christian Jeremyah James, 31, and Armand Caleb Legardy, 32, each pleaded guilty in separate hearings to one count of use of unauthorized access devices, the U.S. Attorney s Office said in a statement on Monday.
James, of South Los Angeles, worked in the Culver City Main Post Office, while Legardy, of Inglewood, worked in the La Tijera Post Office in South Los Angeles.
Postal workers plead guilty to California unemployment fraud
May. 25, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Two U.S. Postal Service employees pleaded guilty Monday to charges they purchased postal money orders with thousands of dollars in California unemployment benefits obtained through false claims of pandemic-related job losses, prosecutors said.
Christian Jeremyah James, 31 , and Armand Caleb Legardy, 32, each pleaded guilty in separate hearings to one count of use of unauthorized access devices, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Prosecutors said the two, who worked at different LA-area post offices, obtained debit cards that had been issued by the California Employment Development Department based on applications submitted under 10 stolen identities.
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From August 2020 to February, two U.S. Postal Service employees. used debit cards that the California Employment Development Department had issued to other people for unemployment insurance benefits. (Shutterstock)
CULVER CITY, CA Two United States Postal Service employees pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to federal criminal charges accusing them of unlawfully buying and cashing tens of thousands of dollars worth of postal money orders with unemployment benefits fraudulently obtained with false claims of COVID-related job losses.
Christian Jeremyah James, 31, of South Los Angeles, who worked in the Culver City Main Post Office, and Armand Caleb Legardy, 32, of Inglewood, who worked in the La Tijera Post Office on Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles, each pleaded guilty in separate hearings to one count of use of unauthorized access devices, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
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Two U.S. Postal Service employees were arrested Wednesday on charges that they abused their positions to obtain unemployment benefits through false claims of pandemic-related job losses.