A northern New Mexico accountant faces over nine years in prison after being sentenced on convictions stemming from a scheme to defraud the state and federal unemployment insurance systems.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says 42-year-old Jasonn Gonzales of Velarde was sentenced Thursday to 9.25 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay over $800,000 in restitution.
Gonzales pleaded guilty in August to charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
A federal indictment accused Gonzales and a co-defendant of registering fraudulent companies and of fraudulently filing $1.3 million of fraudulent unemployment claims in the names of real people without their knowledge.
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