Woman Admits Lying About Employment at White Plains Business, Filing False Unemployment Claims

A 25-year-old Bronx woman pleaded guilty today to claiming $121,000 in false state unemployment insurance claims from January 2010 to  March 2012, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

Chiara-Monai Hudson pleaded guilty today to one count of third-degree grand larceny in the third degree and one count of fourth-degree criminal tax fraud, which are both felonies.

“This defendant, in filing false applications for Unemployment Insurance Benefits for additional people as well as false tax returns for acquaintances and customers, at a time of tight budgets and resources, further cost the taxpayer in having to uncover, find and further prevent the ongoing frauds as well as insure that the stolen money will be repaid,” Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said in a statement.

Authorities said Hudson, who ran a home-based accounting business that was formerly in Mount Vernon, fied more than 100 false unemployment insurance claims totalling $100,00 between 2010 and 2011.

Between Jan. 20 2012 and March 22, 2012, Hudson admitted to $12,150 claiming unemployment insurance benefits and falsely certifying that she had been employed by Byram Healthcare, a White Plains medical supply company.

Hudson also admitted, with the aid of others,  to submitting 18 additional applications to the Department of Labor seeking unemployment benefits and included false wage and pay stub information with the applications in an attempt to receive unauthorized unemployment benefits in excess of $4,000. Hudson’s accomplices have yet to be apprehended.

Hudson is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 7

The state Departments of Labor and the state Department of Taxation and Finance assisted the District Attorney’s Office with the case.