Federal is 12 people available for esquema de fraude and all PUA results and $ 419,580

The head of the Federal Tax Office, Stephen Muldrow, informs us that a large federal court indicted 12 people by fraud to Pandemic Example Assistance Program (PUA, by sig siglas in English) que result in the illegal robo of $ 419,580.

This is the first time that the Federal Tax Office has prosecuted PUA residents in Puerto Rico for fraud. However, Muldrow stated that the scheme was registered in another United States state.

According to the tax code, 12 people were arrested during this month and will be detained for the arrest of another person. Dos de ellas ya enfrentan la justicia por separate cases.

The investigations, Dijo Muldrow, on this illegal money laundering suit will receive various confidentialities. The scheme consists of the solicitation of federal aid burning false information about the work of the person and his social security.

At the same time, the Federal Tax Commissioner has made it clear that he is continuing to investigate other fraud and solicitation schemes against individuals whom the criminal has committed in the crime that co-operatives have committed to the most promising authorities.

“The persons who were unfaithful to him in this matter and have not been charged with any wrongdoing, communicate with the law and order agencies and burn their information. While more prone to hablen, minorities will have consequences for you and your family. Exhorto a que no se arriesguen y no cometan fraud porque les va a salir caro. Hay demasiadas ayudas federales, no abusen ”, manifes Muldrow.

Relive the press conference here:

According to the plea bargain, the accused son Millisen Martínez-Medina, who received $ 54,870 median fraud at PUA; su pareja consensus, Luis Cruz-Reyes, obtuvo $ 64 992. Mientras, Jonathan Rivera Gutiérrez obtuvo $ 44.148; Jennifer Hernández Romero, $ 36,222; Mary Benítez Ortiz, $ 32,628; Daniel Colón Díaz, $ 68,250; Gabriel Robles Guzmán $ 33,030; Denise Sánchez Ortiz, $ 23,172, and Luis Flores Díaz, $ 20,910.

In the case of Millisen Martínez Medina, this car is loaded with a stolen identity card having used the social security of a person without his authorization, and in the event of fraud, he will post mail.

In another plea bargain, José Daniel Le Hardy Figueroa, an employee of the Postal Service, and Christoffer Pérez-Vélez, were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud through postal mail, postal fraud and federal money robbery for $ 11,388.

Following the federal investigation, Hardy Figueroa referred to the solicitation of the PUA in the Department of Labor as saying that he had obtained a sample of his work as a barber, according to the fact that he was employed by the United States Postal Service (USPS, in English) .

While, another plea bargain established that Felix Cruz Santana received $ 29,970 in fraudulent form and will be charged with fraud through postal, robbery of federal money and robbery of social security number.

They see hallados guilt, the accused are exposed to 20 years of imprisonment for fraud in the Postal Service, 10 years for robbery of the money of the federal governor and 5 years of imprisonment for misuse of Social Security. Additionally, you can get up to $ 250,000 worth of tranquility over the next three years.

La portavoz del Federal Negotiations for Investigations (FBI, in Engels), Limary Cruz Rubio, the most temperamental indicator in this medium that the arrest warrants are separate and the person in charge of the arrests during this madrugada.

El Nuevo Día supo que the arrests made in Humacao, Comerío and Aguas Buenas, but all the agencies were discovered from various points of the island and that the information used by women to commit the fraud to recover the checks contained various directories.

For its part, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, Carlos Rivera Santiago, stated that the arrests were the result of the collaboration that established the agency with the federal and affirmative authorities that continuously refutes more cases of fraud at the PUA.

‘Hoy is materializing a first group of arrests. Continued the investigations and lamentably continued the referrals. As mentioned by the Secretary of Health, it is lamentable that there is a high volume of complaints to the PUA that no fraudulent procedure is in place. Those people with notifications notified to the relevant authorities ”, expressed.

For the investigation of this case, the Department of Federal Treasury, the Department of Labor and Human Resources, the Postal Service of the United States, and the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico.

Federal authorities are exhorting some people who have been the victim of any allegations that the PUA has committed fraud and that they are confidential and denounce them.

To report any type of fraud at PUA you can contact 1-866-720-5721.