Minneapolis (KROC-AM News) – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison and will pay more than $284,000 in restitution for wire fraud and identity theft related to a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. 19.
Prosecutors said Jared Fiege of Duluth, 35, stole the identities of at least 25 people from April 2020 to August 2020 and used the identities to apply for COVID-19 assistance through the Unemployment Insurance program (UI ) Minnesota and the SBA Economic Disaster Loan (EIDL).
Court documents indicate that Fiege also invented fictitious business entities, which he linked to the identities of real people without their knowledge. The Duluth man owned several burner cell phones and saved numerous email addresses which he used to impersonate others. Fiege was also found in possession of photoshopped passports, utility bills and other documents he used for identity verification for the programs he targeted.
In order to withdraw the large sums of money that were disbursed under the programs he targeted, Fiege opened bank accounts in other people’s names and requested that bank cards be issued by mail. He had bank cards sent to real addresses where he then intercepted the mail before real residents had a chance to do so.
Fiege pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in July 2021. He was sentenced to 102 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He will also pay $284,355.54 in restitution.
Fiege also pleaded guilty to two separate harassment cases involving different women in Washington County and St. Louis County.
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