Chaiya Maley-Jackson, a 26-year-old resident of Concord, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for selling fraudulent Social Security cards. The announcement was made by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Maley-Jackson was already under federal court supervision at the time of her new offenses and was subsequently indicted on additional charges. As a result of these violations and others related to her probation from a 2023 conviction, the court revoked her probation and imposed an additional six-month sentence, to be served consecutively with her latest sentence. This brings her total prison term to 27 months.
Reid Davis, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Charlotte Division, joined U.S. Attorney Ferguson in making the announcement.
Court documents show that between October 2023 and October 2024, Maley-Jackson earned over $49,000 by producing, selling, and transferring various fake documents such as Social Security cards. She operated a Facebook page under the name Yaya Ling to advertise these fraudulent services. Communication with customers took place through email and messaging platforms where she collected information needed for creating the false documents, provided updates and samples, and delivered finalized products.
While serving probation for a previous federal conviction related to similar activities in 2023, Maley-Jackson continued her operation. Records indicate that as early as January 2020, she owned Diva Documents/CPN Services (Diva Documents), which promoted the sale of fake documents on Facebook and two websites: divadocuments.com and divadocuments.onuniverse.com. She also used another Facebook profile under the name Yaya Flowers to showcase available document types and pricing. The pricelist included paystubs, lease agreements, COVID-19 hardship letters, bank statements, W2 forms, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses (both digital and hard copies), among others. Prices ranged from $15 for editing a paystub to $150 for a hard copy driver’s license. Customers were required to pay half upfront with the remainder due upon completion.
Maley-Jackson acknowledged knowing that she was producing false documents intended for uses such as PPP loan applications, car loans, and apartment rentals. She admitted that from January 2020 through August 2022 she created at least 400 Social Security cards along with other documents—including eight driver’s licenses and six COVID vaccine cards—earning more than $320,000 during this period.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson credited the FBI’s Charlotte office with conducting the investigation leading to these charges and thanked the United States Probation Office for the Middle District of North Carolina for their assistance.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Caryn Finley and Special Assistant United States Attorney Eric Frick are prosecuting the case.
