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Ex-USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain of Orange County dodges prison in COVID benefits scheme

McClain pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud and must pay $228,995 restitution with two years supervised release for a scheme targeting over $1 million in pandemic unemployment benefits.

Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain was sentenced Tuesday to time already served and ordered to pay $228,995 in restitution for his role in a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits. McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza in Orange County, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II to serve two years’ supervised release. He pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of felony mai…

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Pasadena Star News broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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