Roanoke Woman Indicted for COVID Fraud Scheme – Case Advances Fraud Division Crackdown

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke, Virginia woman, who allegedly obtained money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs and then lied on her taxes, was arraigned yesterday in federal court. Jazmin Jennings, 38, was indicted September 3, 2026 on six charges of making false tax returns and fraudulently obtaining money from two separate COVID-19-era government programs.