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Date: 08-18-2022
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United States of America v. Danielle Tooley
Case Number: 6:22-cr-06049-EAW
Judge: Elizabeth A. Wolford
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of New York (* County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Rochester, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.
Danielle Tooley, 37, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of COVID fraud.
The CARES Act is a federal law enacted on March 29, 2020, designed to provide emergency financial assistance to the millions of Americans who are suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It expands states’ ability to provide unemployment insurance for many workers impacted by COVID-19, including for workers who are not ordinarily eligible for benefits. The CARES Act provided for three new UI programs: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA); Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC); and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).
Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.
The sentencings are the result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations – Labor Racketeering and Fraud, New York Region, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Jonathan Mellone; the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John Pias; the U.S. Secret Service, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Jeffrey Burr; the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Sharon B. MacDermott; and the New York State Police, under the direction of Major Brian Ratajczak.
Outcome: Sentenced to 6 months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 4 years Supervised Release with conditions. See Judgment for standard, mandatory and special conditions of Supervised Release. Fines are waived. $100 special assessment due immediately. Restitution to be made in the amount of $18,438.25.
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