According to the US Attorney’s Office, a 20-year-old Leicester woman pleaded guilty to her role in a COVID-19 pandemic job fraud operation that involved falsifying unemployment assistance claims in numerous states using stolen identities.
Destinee Snay pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court in Worcester on May 16. Snay and co-defendant William Cordor were indicted in July 2021.
From approximately June 2020 to approximately October 2020, Snay and Cordor conspired to file false and fraudulent claims for unemployment assistance in multiple states using stolen identities obtained from a variety of sources, including former fellow inmates at the Worcester County House of Corrections Facebook and Facebook, according to officials.
Snay utilized Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo to create false email accounts that she used to file the bogus claims. According to the US Attorney’s Office, she filed around 20 fake and fraudulent unemployment claims for Massachusetts and other states.
According to authorities, Snay and Cordor deposited the proceeds from the claims into prepaid debit card accounts and used the money to pay for hotels, rental vehicles, a vacation to Miami, and a shopping spree at Saks Fifth Avenue.
On November 16, 2021, Cordor pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and four counts of aggravated identity theft. He is due to be sentenced on June 16.
Cordor acknowledged using stolen identities to apply for Small Business Administration COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster financing.
He informed authorities that he used the money to pay for aircraft tickets, hotel rooms, restaurants, entertainment, and shopping while on vacation in Florida.
Cordor’s Facebook and Instagram photos show him in Miami in September 2020.
Cordor promised to turn up $79,000 from a second unemployment fraud scam in Massachusetts in May 2020 and posted a photo of the seizure on Facebook.
Judge Timothy S. Hillman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia set the sentencing date for October 12, 2022.
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