Woman charged with benefits scam using Scott Peterson's name
A California woman was charged with using the names of convicted killers, including Scott Peterson, to collect more than $145,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits — a small but headline-grabbing part of more than $20 billion stolen in similar scams during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said Wednesday. Brandy Iglesias made her initial court appearance Wednesday on 10 charges including grand theft, forgery, identity theft and making false statements, the California attorney general's office announced. Iglesias didn't enter a plea. She was ordered held on $20,000 bail pending an Oct. 26 court date.
