ATLANTA — Two former DCA workers are accused of fraudulently obtaining over $36,000 in COVID rental assistance funds.
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ATLANTA, GA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has obtained a new indictment in Fulton County charging Jasmin Grant and Theresa Davis in connection with more than $36,000 in COVID-related fraud. The defendants were previously employed through a temp agency and assigned to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). In this capacity, they are alleged to have unlawfully used the identities of three other persons to file for rental assistance through DCA’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program – a federal relief fund for individuals, families, and landlords whose finances were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The defendants are further alleged to have assigned the payouts to their own personal bank accounts – collecting all of the fraudulently obtained funds.
Earlier this year, Carr secured the indictment of six other individuals in connection with a separate $230,000 fraud scheme targeting the same Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
“The Emergency Rental Assistance Program was designed to help vulnerable Georgians keep a roof over their heads during an incredibly difficult time,” said Attorney General Chris Carr. “Those who sought to cheat the system not only stole from taxpayers, but they also robbed families of critical relief. With our White Collar and Cyber Crime Unit, we’re taking action to root out fraud and abuse wherever it occurs, and we will continue to prosecute those responsible.”…