Former NFL wide receiver Kenbrell Thompkins pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft after using stolen identities to fraudulently access COVID-19 relief benefits from the state of California.
The Associated Press reported Thompkins pleaded guilty Monday at a federal court in Miami and faces up to 12 years in prison.
The plea agreement revealed he used stolen identities of Florida residents to access unemployment insurance benefits from California, which were distributed as debit cards.
He then used those cards at ATMs in Florida to withdraw approximately $230,000 of the $300,000 that was involved in the scheme.