Chaiya Maley-Jackson, a 26-year-old resident of Concord, North Carolina, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for selling fake Social Security cards. The sentencing was announced by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Maley-Jackson was under federal court supervision when she committed these offenses and faced new charges as a result.
Due to the new indictment and other probation violations, the court found that Maley-Jackson had breached the conditions of her probation related to a 2023 conviction. Her probation was revoked, resulting in an additional six-month prison sentence to be served consecutively with her current sentence, totaling 27 months in prison.
Reid Davis, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Charlotte Division, joined U.S. Attorney Ferguson in making the announcement.
According to plea documents and information presented at the court hearing, between October 2023 and October 2024, Maley-Jackson earned more than $49,000 from producing and selling fraudulent documents such as Social Security cards. She operated a Facebook page under the name Yaya Ling where she advertised these services. Communication with customers occurred through email and messaging platforms to gather information needed for document creation and to provide updates on orders.
Maley-Jackson engaged in this activity while serving probation for a previous federal conviction from 2023 related to a similar scheme. Court records indicate that since January 2020, she owned Diva Documents/CPN Services (Diva Documents), which promoted false document sales via Facebook and two websites: divadocuments.com and divadocuments.onuniverse.com. Using her personal Facebook page under the name Yaya Flowers, she listed available documents and prices—ranging from $15 for editing paystubs to $150 for hard copies of driver’s licenses—and required partial payment upfront.
Court documents state that Maley-Jackson knew she was producing fake documents intended for use in applications such as PPP loans, car loans, and apartment rentals. She admitted that between January 2020 and August 2022 she created at least 400 Social Security cards, eight driver’s licenses, six COVID vaccine cards, and earned over $320,000 from these activities.
U.S. Attorney Ferguson credited the FBI Charlotte Division with leading the investigation that resulted in 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 this case.
