Va. U.S. Attorney: Two Virginia Prisoners Sentenced for Pandemic Unemployment Scam
June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024
NORFOLK, Virginia, June 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release:
A previously incarcerated Chesapeake man and a state prisoner were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal unemployment benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, the federal government expanded and extended unemployment benefits for impacted workers. At that time, Raton J. Tharp, . . .
A previously incarcerated Chesapeake man and a state prisoner were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal unemployment benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, the federal government expanded and extended unemployment benefits for impacted workers. At that time, Raton J. Tharp, . . .