SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 26-year-old woman was sentenced Dec. 4 to more than three years in federal prison Dec. 4 for her part in a state unemployment fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sasha Lizette Jimenez, who pleaded guilty May 22 to a count of a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney to pay $2.3 million in restitution. Judge Carney sentenced Ms. Jimenez to 41 months in federal prison.