EASTVALE, CA — An Inland Empire woman was sentenced last week to 84 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.7 million in government benefits, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Thirty-year-old Eastvale resident Jasmine Unique Mallard-McCarter, a.k.a. “JasssyMC,” was sentenced June 18 by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, who also ordered her to pay $1,765,407 in restitution.
McCarter pleaded guilty on February 28 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after federal prosecutors said she fraudulently claimed COVID-19 pandemic-related jobless benefits, federally guaranteed small business loans, California Small Business COVID-19 relief grants, and Los Angeles County economic opportunity grants…