Tamara Fulmer (47) of Seaside faces 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty yesterday to stealing $567,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from the Oregon Employment Department (OED).

According to court documents, Fulmer made fraudulent applications for pandemic unemployment insurance benefits using the personal information of 27 individuals between May 2020 and October 2021.

She received $567.930 in insurance benefits and deposited at least 236 unemployment insurance checks for $68,773 into her personal bank account. Fulmer cashed many of the checks at a Seaside gas station.

OED also paid Fulmer an additional $13,353 after she falsely claimed not to have received disability payments since 2004.

A federal grand jury in Portlan

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