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A Detroit man accused of stealing $138,000 in COVID-19 relief has pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud Michigan and other states, federal officials said Tuesday.
Johnny Richardson, 26, was first charged last year along with his girlfriend, Micahia Taylor. Prosecutors accused them of partnering with Brandi Hawkins, a former contract employee at Michigan s Unemployment Insurance Agency, in a $2.5 million scheme involving money intended to help workers during the pandemic.
According to a plea agreement, Richardson, either himself or through others, filed fraudulent unemployment claims over the Internet in at least five states resulting in the fraudulent disbursement of at least $683,555 of funds intended for unemployment assistance during the pandemic, federal officials said Tuesday.
Detroit man conspires with Michigan unemployment worker to steal thousands in pandemic relief
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