(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa man is accused of illegally getting coronavirus relief money from other states. Sixty-one-year-old Alvin Rex, of Schaller, is charged with one count of mail fraud. The complaint against Rex alleges he received approximately 19-thousand dollars in unemployment claim deposits to his bank in Storm Lake in the names of individuals from Massachusetts and Arizona.

The complaint says Rex then made a series of cash withdrawals from his account and mailed the cash to at least one other person in Maryland. The money included Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Benefits. Rex appeared in federal court in Sioux City and was released on bond pending further court proceedings.