Prosecutors said he claimed his business employed eight people and had an annual payroll of more than $583,000. In reality, ...

Herman Brunis of Cincinnati sentenced to over a year in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud, must pay $300,000 restitution.

Jaime Ornelas’s mother and co-defendant Misty Ornelas, 48, of Turlock, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. According to ...

A Modesto man and his Turlock mother were sentenced to federal prison for a scheme that used inmate identities to steal over $150,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits.

A massive fraud scheme targeting federal nutrition funding during the pandemic resulted in 38 guilty pleas, with conspirators using $250 million meant for hungry kids.

Court documents revealed that the scheme began in June 2020. Jaime Ornelas, incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County, provided his mother, Misty Ornelas, with the personal information ...