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View Comments A Novi man faces federal charges after he received more than $300,000 because he allegedly made fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits in the names of prisoners and parolees. Terrell Dwayne Mason, 39, was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft because of the alleged scheme that apparently started in spring 2020. Federal prosecutors said in their May 5 complaint that Mason filed more than 40 fraudulent claims, predominantly in the names of people with criminal records and ineligible to receive the pandemic specific unemployment dollars. According to the court complaint, Mason met a Michigan unemployment insurance employee when he began dating one of the state worker’s relatives. ....