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South Carolina prison inmates led ring that obtained $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits, feds say
South Carolina prison inmates led a crime ring responsible for obtaining $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment ...
Detroit man sentenced in pandemic-era unemployment fraud scheme spanning Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland
A Detroit man was sentenced for his role in what authorities called a "million-dollar" unemployment fraud scheme.
Prosecutors: South Carolina prisoners ran a $5 million COVID fraud ring using stolen identities, extortion
Nearly 30 people, including SC inmates, stole identities and extorted victims using contraband phones to fraudulently claim ...
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Twenty-nine plead guilty in $5M COVID-19 unemployment fraud scheme led by SC inmates
Twenty-Nine out of 31 indicted defendants plead guilty in a five-year investigation into a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits, accordi ...
Opinion - Congress must prevent a mass-amnesty for COVID fraud
That’s because this March, the five-year statute of limitations on COVID-era fraud prosecution is set to expire. Criminals ...
Sacramento woman pleads guilty to stealing identities and inventing fake jobs in EDD fraud
A Sacramento woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated identity theft and mail fraud in connection with a scheme prosecutors say stole $2.6 million in COVID-era benefits from the state’s ...
Ex-Massachusetts Sen. Dean Tran to spend 1.5 years in federal prison for fraud
Former Fitchburg Massachusetts state Senator Dean Tran will spend a year and a half in federal prison for unemployment ...
Indiana man used Evansville addresses to bilk state unemployment insurance
A federal judge sentenced a Greenwood, Indiana, man Wednesday to a lengthy prison term for what prosecutors described as a sweeping fraud scheme.