Maria Del Carmen Jaimes, a former employee of the Human Services Agency (HSA), entered a no-contest plea to the felony charge of siphoning government funds.
According to a social media announcement by the San Mateo County District Attorney, Jaimes, 49, committed the theft by methodically extracting $28,000 from 22 inactive welfare accounts over a period of nine months.
Maria Del Carmen Jaimes (49) pled no contest to felony theft of government funds. Jaimes was working for HSA, stealing welfare funds from 22 dormant accounts totaling $28k over 9 months. She will be sentenced June 24. The case was investigated by our Investigations Bureau. pic.twitter.com/WPqYrvyM3V
— San Mateo County District Attorney (@SanMateoCoDA) March 25, 2025
As the weight of justice poises to ever so surely close in on her, Jaimes faces the culmination of her legal journey with a sentencing appointment set for June 24. The intricate heist, which quietly unraveled within the internal mechanisms of the HSA, was brought to light by the diligent efforts of the office's Investigations Bureau.
