California woman gets 3 years for stealing Salem payroll taxes, Covid relief funds
A federal judge sentenced a California woman on Thursday to 37 months in federal prison for orchestrating two fraud schemes to steal nearly $2 million, including payroll taxes from a small Salem business.
Jamie McGowen, 43, pleaded guilty in December 2024 in Portland U.S. District Court to wire fraud, bank fraud and two counts of money laundering.
Judge Adrienne Nelson sentenced McGowen to five years of supervised release and ordered that she pay over $2…
