Iowa Contract Employee Drains $29,459 From Government, Submitting Fraudulent Unemployment Claims: Report

A contract employee at Iowa Workforce Development has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for submitting dozens of fraudulent unemployment claims.

The scheme allowed the worker to obtain nearly $30,000 in benefits through false filings, reports KIMT.

Victoria Tomeatre Green, 29, of Des Moines, has admitted to using her access to file 25 false claims under her own name.

She also submitted 27 additional false claims by misusing another person’s identity.

The fraudulent activity happened between March of 2020 and December of 2020 and resulted in $29,459 in improper payments.

Says Anthony P. D’Esposito, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Labor,

“By exploiting the identities of innocent individuals, Green brazenly stole funds intended to support unemployed American workers.” 

Green received a sentence of 12 months and one day in federal prison. She must also complete three years of supervised release after prison.

Full repayment of the stolen amount is also required as part of the sentence.

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