6 逮捕（する）d in 申し立てられた／疑わしい 計画／陰謀 to fraudulently collect millions in COVID 援助（する） meant for renters
SEATTLE (AP) - Six people from Washington, Arizona and Texas have been 逮捕（する）d and （刑事）被告 of fraudulently 得るing millions of dollars of COVID-19 援助（する） from an 援助 program meant for renters, 連邦の 検察官，検事s said.
U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 Nick Brown, Western 地区 of Washington, on Wednesday 発表するd the 逮捕（する）s and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s of wire 詐欺 and money laundering.
The six people are （刑事）被告 of とじ込み／提出するing hundreds of fraudulent 使用／適用s 捜し出すing more than $6.8 million in 政府 援助（する） and receiving more than $3.3 million, The Seattle Times 報告（する）／憶測d. Most of the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 詐欺 was in Seattle´s King 郡, and 焦点（を合わせる）d on 連邦の 緊急 賃貸しの 援助 money 利用できる to 妨げる evictions, 検察官，検事s said.
検察官，検事s 主張する the 計画／陰謀 also 的d 失業 systems in Washington, California, South Carolina, and Nevada.
They are （刑事）被告 of spending the money on 高級な cars, vacations, designer 着せる／賦与するs, 宝石類 and plastic 外科.
"The 関係者s in this 詐欺 were relentless in 偉業／利用するing pandemic 救済 programs that were ーするつもりであるd to 補助装置 small 商売／仕事s and people who were 攻撃を受けやすい to eviction," Brown said in a 声明.
楽園 Williams, 29, of 不死鳥／絶品, Arizona, 恐らく led the 計画／陰謀, creating 偽の 文書s and telling her friends how to 提起する／ポーズをとる as landlords and tenants needing 賃貸しの help, 検察官，検事s said. Williams is 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 19 counts of wire 詐欺 and two counts of money laundering.
Others 直面するing wire 詐欺 and money laundering 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s are: Rayvon Peterson, 32, of Seattle; Tia Rovinson, 28, of Fife, Washington; Jahari Cunningham, 45, of Houston, Texas; D´arius Jackson, 37, of Bonney Lake, Washington; and David Martinez, 32, of 太平洋の, Washington.
Martinez, Peterson and Jackson pleaded not 有罪の to the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s on Tuesday. The others do not appear to have had 初期の 法廷，裁判所 外見s and （被告の）罪状否認s yet and 試みる／企てるs to 位置を示す 弁護士／代理人／検事s for them were not successful. Martinez´s lawyer didn't 答える／応じる to a request from the newspaper for comment Wednesday. Lawyers for Jackson and Peterson 拒絶する／低下するd to comment to the newspaper.
Wire 詐欺 in 関係 with a 宣言するd major 災害 or 緊急, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, is 罰せられるべき by up to 30 years in 刑務所，拘置所. Money laundering is 罰せられるべき by up to 20 years in 刑務所，拘置所.
詐欺 was はびこる in pandemic 救済 programs, によれば the U.S. Labor Department´s 視察官 general. 大統領 Joe Biden´s 行政 asked 議会 in March to 認可する more than $1.6 billion to continue 起訴するing people who committed 詐欺, to create new ways to 妨げる 身元 窃盗 and to help people whose 身元s were stolen.
