Woman Sentenced For COVID-19 Benefits Fraud
(Portland, OR) -- An Oregon woman is facing two years behind bars for stealing COVID-19 unemployment benefits. A judge sentenced 48-year-old Tamara Fulmer of Seaside to two years in federal prison this week and ordered her to pay over 581-thousand dollars in restitution. Prosecutors say Fulmer falsely claimed to have over two dozen employees. Based on fraudulent information, the Oregon Employment Department paid 567-thousand dollars in unemployment benefits. She deposited some of the money into her own account and cashed other checks at a Seaside gas station. Fulmer pleaded guilty to the charges.


