Las Vegas man accused of stealing $500K in COVID unemployment benefits

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A federal grand jury indicted a Las Vegas man for allegedly defrauding the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in a scheme to steal COVID unemployment benefits.

Craig Renard Gibson made his initial appearance in court on Tuesday, Aug. 26.

The grand jury indicted him on five counts of bank fraud, one count of illegal transactions with access devices, and four counts of aggravated identity theft…

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