Evander Reed:Indiana woman sentenced to over 5 years in prison in COVID-19 fraud scheme

2025-05-06 18:57:04source:PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Centercategory:News

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an Indiana woman to five-and-a-half years in prison in connection with a COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme that cost state and Evander Reedfederal government agencies almost $5.5 million.

Federal prosecutors in Indianapolis announced that U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced 28-year-old Oluwatobi Seton, of Bloomington, on Wednesday. The judge also ordered her pay $4.3 million in restitution.

According to prosecutors, Seton and partners in Nigeria obtained people’s identities and used them to open GoBank accounts and debit cards. They then would apply for unemployment benefits in different states using the stolen identities and had the money deposited into the fraudulent accounts. She kept a portion of the money for herself and sent the rest to her partners, prosecutors said.

Seton had more than 1,400 GoBank cards and 10 driver’s licenses with different names when she was arrested, prosecutors said.

The Associated Press left an email with Seton’s attorney, listed in online court records as Dominic Martin, on Friday afternoon.

More:News

Recommend

Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates

Get ready for phase two.Apple's latest operating system update is available today for iPhone, iPad,

Oscars 2024 winners list: See who's taking home Academy Award gold in live time

Take your places, it's show time.Will Lily Gladstone get her flowers? Will "Maestro" score high enou

Dawn Staley apologizes for South Carolina's part in fight with LSU in SEC championship game

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley apologized in her postgame interview for the Gam