U.S. v. CLOTAIRE

No. 17-15287.

963 F.3d 1288 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mikel CLOTAIRE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Thomas Patanzo , Benjamin Aaronson Edinger & Patanzo, PA, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

U.S. Attorney Service. — Southern District of Florida, Emily M. Smachetti , Andrea G. Hoffman , Anne Ruth Schultz , Carol Herman , U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before ROSENBAUM, GRANT, and HULL, Circuit Judges.


Brothers Mikel and Yvenel Clotaire applied for Florida unemployment benefits. The problem was that they did so many times, and using many identities—none of which were their own. In a creative twist, the brothers leveraged Yvenel's job as a postman to intercept preloaded debit cards that they had requested while posing...

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