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Date: 01-23-2021
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Case Number: 3:20-cr-00178-AWT
Judge: Alvein M. Thompson
Court: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (New Haven County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: New Haven, Connecticut mail fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jason Whitehead, age 42, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was charged with defrauding multiple companies through a flexible spending account scheme.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Whitehead worked at PayFlex, a company that administered health care and dependent care spending accounts for corporate employees. PayFlex was acquired by Aetna Inc. in 2011. Whitehead worked at the PayFlex division until approximately August 2017, when he transferred to another division at Aetna. However, he retained his employee access to PayFlex’s computer systems via his login credentials.
From September 2016 through July 2019, Whitehead defrauded multiple corporate victims of monies intended to be paid to the victims’ employees for dependent care reimbursements. Using access he had to PayFlex’s systems, Whitehead created multiple fictitious employees at three different victim companies. He then submitted to PayFlex dozens of fraudulent reimbursement claims for dependent care expenses by the fictitious employees. Through this scheme, PayFlex made $176,200 in payments to Whitehead and to third parties that Whitehead designated.
This investigation was led by a Hartford Police Department detective in his capacity as a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Connecticut Cyber Task Force (CCTF). The FBI’s CCTF is staffed with detectives from the Connecticut State Police’s Cyber Crimes Investigation Unit and the Bristol, Hartford, New Canaan, Orange, Stamford, Torrington, Watertown and UConn Police Departments. To contact the CCTF, please call the FBI’s New Haven Field Office at 203-777-6311.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David T. Huang.
FRAUDS AND SWINDLES - Mail Fraud
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. Special Assessment of $100.00, due and payable immediately. Restitution of $173,132.50, payable as set forth in the Restitution Order.
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