冒用客户身份提交近700份虚假失业救济申请骗逾1100万美元 伊利诺伊州报税员被判36个月监禁
芝加哥 — 美国司法部宣布，伊利诺伊州 Orland Park 报税员 Hiam Hmaidan（54岁）因利用疫情失业救济计划实施大规模诈骗，被判处36个月监禁与两年监督释放，并须赔偿11,130,490美元、没收1,965,712美元。
据法庭文件与庭审证据，2020年5月至2022年12月间，Hmaidan 与同伙以国会2020年通过《关怀法案》（CARES Act）设立的疫情失业援助计划为目标，提交近700份虚假失业保险申请，造成逾1,100万美元欺诈性失业救济金被发放。她滥用报税员身份，用客户的姓名与个人信息提交其中多份虚假申请；救济金被打入借记卡、直接邮寄到她本人或同伙可接触的地址，其后他们从住处附近的自动取款机提取了约280万美元现金。
2026年5月，联邦陪审团裁定她犯有1项共谋邮件诈骗罪与5项邮件诈骗罪。司法部国家欺诈执法司助理检察长 Colin M. McDonald 表示，Hmaidan 利用了旨在帮助有需要的工人与家庭的疫情救济计划，造成逾1,100万美元欺诈救济金被发放，这一判决反映了其罪行的严重性。
此案由美国劳工部监察长办公室与国税局刑事调查局调查，司法部刑事司审判律师 Meredith B. Healy 与国家欺诈执法司审判律师 Kashan Pathan、Christopher Berridge 负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Illinois Tax Preparer Sentenced to 36 Months for Nearly 700 Fraudulent Unemployment Claims in $11 Million Scheme
CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Hiam Hmaidan, 54, a tax preparer from Orland Park, Illinois, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release for running a multi-million-dollar pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits scheme. She was also ordered to pay $11,130,490 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from May 2020 and continuing through December 2022, Hmaidan and her co-conspirators submitted nearly 700 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims against the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, which Congress established in 2020 as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), causing more than $11 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits to be disbursed. Hmaidan abused her position as a tax preparer by submitting many of the fraudulent claims using her clients' names and personal information. The benefits were loaded onto debit cards mailed directly to Hmaidan or to addresses accessible to her and her co-conspirators, who used the cards to withdraw approximately $2.8 million in cash from ATMs near where they lived.
In May 2026, a federal jury convicted Hmaidan of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and five counts of mail fraud. "Hiam Hmaidan exploited a pandemic relief program designed to help workers and families in need, causing more than $11 million in fraudulent benefits to be paid," said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division. "This sentence reflects the seriousness of her crimes."
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General and IRS-Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Meredith B. Healy, of the Criminal Division's White Collar and Corporate Enforcement Section, and Kashan Pathan and Christopher Berridge of the National Fraud Enforcement Division's Public Trust and Financial Integrity Section prosecuted the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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