A Castro Valley man was sentenced to 2½ years in prison after he pleaded guilty to spending more than $1.6 million in unemployment benefits that belonged to other people during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Northern California.
According to his plea agreement, from at least April through July 2020, Shittu obtained reloadable debit cards issued in the names of other people and to use the cards for his personal use.
The money was part of the CARES Act, when the federal government authorized the payment of hundreds of billions of dollars in unemployment benefits to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shittu used those cards that were issued to three different people —all residents of the state of Washington. For example, he charged about $1,000 at a Walmart store in San Jose and made other cash withdrawals from Walmart stores in Hayward and San Leandro. He also used someone else's car to pay for service to his BMW 5-series automobile.
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