A Wichita woman is facing dozens of federal charges after she allegedly stole other people’s identities and used them to defraud a pandemic-era unemployment assistance program out of more than $110,000.
A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted Kylie Charles, 35, on Tuesday on 17 counts of wire fraud and 17 counts of aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. There was no defense lawyer listed for her in court records Wednesday morning.
Prosecutors say between May 2020 and August 2021 Charles used the names and personal information of people she knew to falsely file for benefits under a CARES Act program that expanded unemployment to business owners, self-employed workers and other people who typically would not qualify. The program was meant to aid people who lost income sources during the COVID-19 pandemic, the news release says…