US EditionJury convicts Georgia man accused of $16 million COVID fraud
Malcolm Jeffrey and co-conspirators used stolen identities to file over 7,000 fraudulent claims, defrauding Georgia’s unemployment system of more than $16 million, federal officials said.
- A federal jury in Albany, Georgia convicted Malcolm Jeffrey of conspiracy to commit mail fraud after finding he defrauded the Georgia Department of Labor of COVID-19 benefits.
- To execute the fraud, Jeffrey and his co-conspirators filed more than 7,000 fake UI claims through the GaDOL website under his defunct business, Down N Dirty Transportation, LLC.
- Investigators found the scheme wrongfully disbursed over $16 million in benefits via prepaid debit cards mailed near Cordele, Georgia, using stolen personal information.
- The Justice Department says he faces up to 20 years, with sentencing later scheduled by a federal district court judge under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
- Authorities note the public can report COVID-19 fraud via the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline, as the statute of limitations expires in December, and the U.S. House has passed a bill to extend it.
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Georgia man convicted for COVID-19 unemployment fraud
WASHINGTON (WSV) -- A federal jury in Albany, Ga., convicted Malcolm Jeffrey, 34, of Cordele, Ga., Friday for his participation in a scheme to defraud the Georgia Department of Labor (GaDOL) out of millions of dollars in benefits meant to assist unemployed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said schemes like this are all too common and t…
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