EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Two Fort Branch, Indiana women have been sentenced in connection with a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs. Andrea Renee Pytlinski, 40, and Rose Ann Azzarello, 61, both of Fort Branch were arrested and charged with wire fraud in July 2020.   more