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Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
Dexter Sharper allegedly collected $13,825 in pandemic unemployment benefits while earning income from a legislative salary, party rental business, and music work, prosecutors said.
- On Friday, federal prosecutors charged Dexter L. Sharper, 54, with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits, and he was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard in Atlanta.
- Federal and state investigators say the charges against Georgia lawmakers are part of a broader probe into pandemic unemployment assistance fraud, targeting recent months.
- Records filed by prosecutors allege Dexter L. Sharper collected benefits while earning $325 weekly from Georgia General Assembly pay, up to $2,231 from party-rental business income, and as much as $275 from musician earnings.
- U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said the funds were for those facing forced business closures and argued the alleged conduct violates public trust, while federal officials emphasized Sharper is presumed innocent.
- Earlier in the investigation, Sharon Henderson, state representative , underscores the ongoing federal and state probe into pandemic unemployment fraud.
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ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors have charged another Georgia lawmaker with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars of pandemic unemployment assistance. Rep. Dexter Sharper, D-Valdosta, was arraigned on Friday on charges of making false statements to obtain $13,825…
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State Rep. Dexter Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
A third Georgia lawmaker has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal prosecutors announced Friday they were charging state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, […]
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Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
Federal prosecutors have charged Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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