Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito Drops Another Bombshell ‘Fraud Friday’ – Michigan Rapper Jailed in $63 Million Scheme, Maryland DOL Contractor Gets 42 Months for $3.5M UI Heist, Illinois Woman Sentenced in Multi-State COVID Fraud
The Trump administration’s war on fraud is showing no signs of slowing down.
In the latest installment of “Fraud Friday,” Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito highlighted several major convictions involving unemployment insurance fraud, stolen identities, and pandemic-era scams that ripped off American taxpayers for millions of dollars.
D’Esposito, who was sworn in as the ninth Inspector General of the Department of Labor earlier this year, has made rooting out fraud and abuse a central mission of his office.
First up: Michigan rapper Jaiswan “J’Swan” Williams is heading to federal prison for more than 10 years after orchestrating a $63 million scheme involving stolen mail and online check trafficking. Williams had already admitted to stealing $1.5 million in fraudulent pandemic unemployment insurance claims using the stolen identities of dozens of innocent Americans.
Next: Kiara Smith, a former contractor at the Maryland Department of Labor, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison plus one year of supervised release. Smith and her co-conspirators stole over $3.5 million in unemployment insurance benefits. She’ll pay back every cent — $3.5 million in restitution plus a $275,000 criminal forfeiture.
This one stings especially hard. A state labor department contractor using her work laptop and insider access to rubber-stamp fraudulent claims. This is exactly the kind of betrayal that exploded during the Biden years when verification was thrown out the window and billions vanished.
Finally: Jackie Smith, an Illinois woman, was sentenced to over 3 years in federal prison for her role in a multi-state scheme that defrauded unemployment insurance programs of roughly $100,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. She owes more than $95,000 in restitution and faces three additional years of supervised release.
IG D’Esposito delivered the bottom line every American taxpayer needs to hear:
“We will continue to pursue every last fraudster who thought they could take advantage of you, the American people, whether it’s thousands or whether it’s millions, whether you’re a celebrity or a state employee or a private citizen. If you defraud the American people, we will find you. We will investigate you and we will bring you to justice. As Vice President J.D. Vance said, no fraud is too small and no scheme is too large. We are targeting all of it and coming for all of you.”
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