两名格鲁吉亚男子因利用被窃身份进行17M大流行性失业诈骗而被判刑。
Two Georgia men sentenced for $17M pandemic unemployment fraud using stolen identities.
两名格鲁吉亚男子Malcolm Jeffrey和Gerard Towns因在大流行病期间参与1 700万美元失业欺诈计划而被判刑,他们利用被窃身份和假雇主提出数以千计的虚假索赔。
Two Georgia men, Malcolm Jeffrey and Gerard Towns, were sentenced for their roles in a $17 million unemployment fraud scheme during the pandemic, using stolen identities and fake employers to file thousands of false claims.
Jeffrey被判处10年监禁,必须支付近1 700万美元作为赔偿,而Towns则被判处6年监禁,并被命令偿还约365 000美元。
Jeffrey received a 10-year prison term and must pay nearly $17 million in restitution, while Towns was sentenced to six years and ordered to repay about $365,000.
该案是联邦对20多个州进行更广泛调查的一部分,针对的是大规模滥用针对合法受益者的大流行病救济方案。
The case, part of a broader federal investigation across over 20 states, targeted a large-scale abuse of pandemic relief programs meant for legitimate beneficiaries.