A San Diego resident in federal court received a three-year prison sentence Friday in connection with submitting false claims for pandemic unemployment insurance benefits and will surrender to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on Dec. 4, according to the court ruling.
After completing his sentence, Matthew Lombardo, 54, will be on three years’ supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lombardo, who is currently free on bond, will also have to pay restitution.
In July 2021, Lombardo and other defendants were charged in two separate indictments with submitting fraudulent claims to California’s Employment Development Department, which administers unemployment benefits for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The indictment alleged that Lombardo worked as a patient service representative at a hospital that federal officials identified only as S.H. However, Scripps Health confirmed that Lombardo did work for the healthcare system and was fired in April 2021.
According to the indictment, Lombardo shared the names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers and other identifying information of patients with his co-defendants. Also charged in that indictment are Vista residents Konrad Piekos, Ryan David Genetti and Dobrila “Bebe” Milosavljevic. In the other case, five defendants — including Genetti — are accused of
filing 108 separate claims to EDD, which paid out more than $1.6 million collectively.
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