Couple Charged in COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud Conspiracy

ALBUQUERQUE – A former couple are facing federal charges for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using stolen and fictitious identities to submit false claims through New Mexico’s unemployment insurance system. According to the indictment, between May 2020 and October 2021, Josette V. Martin, 35, and Tommy J. Apodaca, 42, allegedly conspired to defraud the New … Continue reading Couple Charged in COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud Conspiracy