A former U.S Postal Service mail carrier and Valencia residents co-schemer was sentenced to prison Sunday for COVID-19 related fraud.  The pair were sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for scheming to steal more than $250,000 in unemployment insurance (UI) funds by making false claims of COVID-related job losses and for stealing UI debit cards intended for other people ...

A Santa Clarita Valley man pleaded guilty Monday to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief after he transferred the money to a bank account in Uganda. The money was obtained through the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Hassan Kanyike, 29, of Santa ...