More Than 100 Fraudulent Claims Filed
(Sacramento, CA) — An Arkansas woman has been sentenced to prison for filing more than 100 fraudulent claims with California’s unemployment office. Forty-four year old Deborah Hollimon must serve three years behind bars and pay back 569-thousand dollars for the fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Hollimon created fictitious businesses with employees who were actually victims of identity theft. Hollimon then filed unemployment claims in her name and in the names of the fake employees to collect benefits from the Employment Development Department.