A federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment charging Chaiya Maley-Jackson, 23, in Charlotte, NC on June 21, 2023. She is accused of operating a fraudulent document scheme which was advertised on Facebook. Chaiya allegedly earned $320,000 from the scheme.
The indictment charges Chaiya with eight counts of unlawful production of false identification documents, eight counts of unlawful transfer of false identification documents, one count of wire fraud, and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.
According to allegations contained in the indictment, as early as January 2020, Chaiya was the owner and operator of Diva Documents/CPN Services (Diva Documents).
The indictment alleges that Diva Documents advertised the sale of false and fraudulent documents on Facebook as well as two websites, divadocuments.com and divadocuments.onuniverse.com.
As alleged in the indictment, Chaiya used her personal Facebook page under the name Yaya Flowers to advertise a pricelist for the fake documents she produced, which included paystubs, lease agreements, COVID-19 hardship letters, bank statements, W2 forms, Social Security Cards, and driver’s licenses, both digital and hard copies, among others.
The indictment alleges that the price for the fake documents ranged from $15 to edit a paystub to $150 for a hard copy of a driver’s license, and that Chaiya required customers to pay half of the payment upfront and the balance upon completion of the fake documents.
According to allegations in the indictment, Chaiya communicated with clients via emails and text messages and provided the fraudulent documents to customers via email and mail.
As alleged in the indictment, customers would use the fake documents for PPP loan applications, car loan applications, and apartment rentals, among other things.
According to the indictment, between January 2020 and August 2022, Chaiya created at least 400 Social Security Cards, eight driver’s licenses, and six COVID-19 vaccine cards, and earned more than $320,000 in fees from producing, selling and transferring false documents.
