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Inmate Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment

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Press release of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania dated October 5, 2021, announcing that Tylan Huddleston, 24, a former resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to six months of incarceration followed by two years of supervised release by United States District Judge David Cercone. According to information provided to the court, Huddleston conspired with another individual to commit mail fraud to obtain $13,905 in pandemic unemployment assistance benefits while incarcerated awaiting trial on state charges. A Department of Labor Office of Inspector General official is quoted as saying the co-conspirator filed for and received the benefits while Huddleston was in Lawrence County Jail. The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated.

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                      Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman
                              Western District of Pennsylvania



     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
     OCTOBER 5, 2021
     WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/USAO/PAW

     Inmate Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiring to Obtain Pandemic
                             Unemployment Assistance Benefits

PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court
on a charge of fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.

       Tylan Huddleston, 24, was sentenced to six months of incarceration followed by two years
of supervised release by United States District Judge David Cercone.

        On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic to be an emergency under Section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford disaster Relief and
Emergency Act. Subsequently, on March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (which is frequently referred to as the CARES Act) was signed into law. The CARES
Act created the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, which provided unemployment
benefits to individuals not eligible for regular unemployment compensation or extended
unemployment benefits. The CARES Act also provided an emergency increase in unemployment
compensation benefits of $600.00 per week.
        According to information provided to the court, Huddleston conspired with another
individual to commit mail fraud to obtain $13,905 in connection with pandemic unemployment
assistance benefits while he was incarcerated awaiting trial on state charges.
       “Tylan Huddleston conspired to defraud the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program
by having his co-conspirator fraudulently file for and receive benefits on his behalf while Huddleston
was incarcerated at Lawrence County Jail. The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector
General will continue to work closely with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and our law
enforcement partners, to safeguard the integrity of all unemployment assistance programs,” stated
Syreeta Scott, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Philadelphia Region, U.S. Department of Labor Office
of Inspector General.
      Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan D. Lusty prosecuted this case on behalf of the
government.
       The United States Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Tylan Huddleston.

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