Massachusetts Correction Officers Arrested, Charged With COVID Unemployment and Loan Fraud: ‘Betrays the public’s trust’; 2 Suffolk County Corrections Officers Charged with COVID-19 Unemployment, Loan Fraud, and other C-Virus related stories
Massachusetts correction officers arrested, charged with COVID unemployment and loan fraud:
Two local correction officers, who together have taken home nearly $270,000 this year, have been arrested and charged with COVID unemployment and loan fraud.
The pair of Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department officers were arrested by the feds on Friday for allegedly submitting fraudulent info to obtain loans through CARES Act programs — like the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Paycheck Protection Program.
Christnel Orisca, 25, of Boston, was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office. Orisca has made $182,146 so far this year, per the state’s payroll website.
Jasmine Murphy, 38, also of Boston, was indicted on seven counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution. Murphy has made $85,984 so far this year.
Orisca and Murphy have been placed on administrative leave with pay, pending the outcome of an internal investigation in accordance with department protocol, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department said on Friday.
“At the conclusion of this investigation, the Department will schedule a disciplinary hearing and take appropriate action based on those findings,” the spokesperson added.
Orisca has been a correction officer with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department since late 2021. According to the feds, Orisca fraudulently applied for pandemic unemployment and small business loan benefits while working full-time, initially for a security company and later for a delivery company.
While employed full-time, Orisca allegedly collected about $54,700 in unemployment benefits and small business loan funds.
Murphy has been a correction officer with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department since January 2022. According to the indictment, Murphy fraudulently applied for pandemic unemployment and small business loan benefits while working for trucking and workforce services companies.
Murphy allegedly collected about $44,346 in unemployment benefits and small business loan funds to which she was not entitled. —>READ MORE HERE
2 Suffolk County corrections officers charged with COVID-19 unemployment, loan fraud:
Two Suffolk County Sherriff’s Department corrections officers were accused Friday of submitting fake information to get loans intended for small businesses and unemployed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christnel Orisca, 25, and Jasmine Murphy, 38, both of Boston, allegedly gave fake information to obtain loans through CARES Act programs, such as the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Paycheck Protection Program.
Officials allege Orisca, who has been a corrections officer with the department since late 2021, fraudulently applied for pandemic unemployment and small business loan benefits while working full-time, initially for a security company and later for a delivery company. While employed full-time, it is alleged that Orisca collected about $54,700 in unemployment benefits and small business loan funds.
Murphy, who has been a corrections officer with the department since January 2022, fraudulently applied for pandemic unemployment and small business loan benefits while working for trucking and workforce services companies, officials said. It is alleged that Murphy collected about $44,346 in unemployment benefits and small business loan funds to which she was not entitled.
In both of their PUA applications, it is alleged that Orisca and Murphy made fraudulent representations about their employment status and thereafter falsely claimed, on a weekly basis, that they did not work and did not receive any income during the prior week. —>READ MORE HERE
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