Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in conjunction with the 47th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, announced that the Office of Attorney General has filed charges against Nelson Fornah for stealing the personal identifying information of several intellectually disabled people in his care in order to fraudulently apply for and receive nearly $90,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) funding. The Grand Jury determined that Fornah, 35, a caregiver from Darby, Pa., used the stolen and false information of seven disabled clients in his care across Delaware and Montgomery Counties to apply for and receive a total of $89,418.82 in PUA benefits, thereby stealing thousands of dollars of funds earmarked to assist those individuals in the Commonwealth who are in truly need. Beginning in July 2020, Fornah used his clients’ personal information to fraudulently obtain PUA funds. Though he created phony email addresses for the victims of his scheme, the phone numbers on each application were his own. When he would obtain the loaded U.S. Bank cards, the accounts were quickly depleted through multiple ATM withdrawals and purchases at various locations in Delaware and Montgomery Counties.
