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A Chester County man who helped inmates — and himself — to fraudulently obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) has pleaded guilty, as 18 Pennsylvania cases involving inmates and similar fraud work their way through the courts. (Shutterstock)
COATESVILLE, PA — A get-rich-quickly scheme to obtain Pandemic Unemployment Aid in 2020 has ended badly for one of 18 charged with fraud involving Chester County and state inmates.
A Chester County man who helped inmates — and himself — to fraudulently obtain Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) has pleaded guilty, as 18 Pennsylvania cases involving inmates and similar fraud work their way through the courts.
On Feb, 24, Jacob Fulton, 32, of Coatesville, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and fraud in connection with emergency benefits, according to Pennsylvania Eastern District Court documents.