Convicted Sacramento after-school teacher charged with unemployment fraud, Yolo DA says [The Sacramento Bee]
Dec. 22 An incarcerated Sacramento man convicted of trying to lure a 12-year-old girl to have sex with him is now accused of working with an accomplice to receive more than $11,000 in fraudulent unemployment claims, Yolo County prosecutors said.
This week, Taylor Lewis Gholar and his girlfriend, Sonia Chan, were charged with felony counts of grand theft, making a false and fraudulent insurance claim and conspiracy to commit fraud, according to a news release from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges against Gholar and Chan were the result of a vast probe into a California unemployment scam that revealed at least $140 million worth of improper payments made to inmates and their outside accomplices, a group of county district attorneys announced late last month.
Sex Offender Received $12,000 in Unemployment Benefits From Prison, Investigators Say
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A convicted sex offender received almost $12,000 in unemployment benefits while behind bars, authorities claim.
Taylor Lewis Gholar, 29, was convicted for a sex crime involving a 12-year-old girl and sentenced to three years in a California prison on December 10.
While in custody, he and his girlfriend are alleged to have received $11,688 from the state after submitting an unemployment application online. Following this conviction, Yolo County District Attorney Investigators were alerted that Gholar was fraudulently receiving Unemployment Insurance Benefits while being housed in custody in the Yolo County Jail, a statement from the Yolo County District Attorney read.
Yolo sex offender arrested in unemployment fraud scheme
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A former West Sacramento after-school teacher convicted of luring a minor for sex is facing new charges after fraudulently receiving unemployment benefits with his girlfriend’s help while in Yolo County Jail custody, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.
Taylor Lewis Gholar, 29, was sentenced on Dec. 10 to three years in state prison for his conviction on counts of communicating with a minor for the purpose of lewd or lascivious conduct and going to a meeting with a minor for the purpose of lewd or lascivious conduct, all involving a 12-year-old former student. He’s currently serving his sentence at the Yolo County Jail.
Convicted sex offender, accomplice charged in Yolo County EDD fraud case Share Updated: 12:36 PM PST Dec 22, 2020 Hope Miller Share Updated: 12:36 PM PST Dec 22, 2020
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Show Transcript THE VIGIL HAS BEEN HELD. DEIRDR A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER IS FACING NEW CHARGES OF TRYING TO DEFRAUD. HE WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR. INVESTIGATORS FOUND OUT HE HAD RECEIVED OVER $11,000 IN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PAYMENT
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 12:36 PM PST Dec 22, 2020 Hope Miller A man jailed for luring a child for sex and an outside accomplice have been charged in a California Employment Development Department fraud case out of Yolo County in which the pair is accused of swindling more than $11,000, officials announced this week. The events unfolded earlier this month when Taylor Lewis Gholar, 29, of West Sacramento, was sentenced to three years in state prison after being convicted of luri