WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A Waterloo woman faces theft charges after police say she stole nearly $30,000 in unemployment benefits from a relative.
April Ann South, 43, is charged with first-degree theft, identity theft and credit card fraud, The Courier reported.
The theft occurred after the relative asked South for help in applying for unemployment last year, police said. The relative was told she didn’t qualify for unemployment, but was told in January by the Iowa Workforce Development that she had been receiving unemployment payments.
Investigators said the money was paid into a bank account set up in the relative’s name and spent using a pre-paid credit card. Surveillance videos show South using the card at different locations to spend more than $28,000 from the funds, police said.
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