LOS ANGELES — A Carson woman and her former boyfriend from South Los Angeles have been sentenced to federal prison after authorities uncovered a wide-ranging scheme to defraud California’s unemployment insurance program during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors announced.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Phyllis Hope Stitt, 61, of Carson, was sentenced on Friday, May 9, 2025, to 20 months in federal prison. She was also ordered to pay $768,958 in restitution.…