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McComb woman found guilty of conspiring to receive federal unemployment insurance benefits

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One McComb woman has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to receive federal unemployment insurance benefits and making a false statement to a federal agent.

According to court documents, 51-year-old Laketia Andrews conspired with Sedrick Pittman, Marcus Parker, Austin Bahm, and Calveshar Isaac to receive the benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the time, Pittman, Parker, Bahm, and Isaac were inmates housed at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in the Mississippi Department of Correction’s custody.

The inmates fraudulently applied for federal unemployment insurance benefits by stating on their applications that they were able and available to immediately accept employment.

Due to the large number of applications for unemployment insurance, the fraudulent applications were not immediately detected, and benefits were approved for the group of prison inmates.

Following the approval, the benefits were sent by mail on debit…

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By: Alyssa Arbuckle
Title: McComb woman found guilty of conspiring to receive federal unemployment insurance benefits
Sourced From: www.supertalk.fm/mccomb-woman-found-guilty-of-conspiring-to-receive-federal-unemployment-insurance-benefits/
Published Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:30:54 +0000

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