Affidavit — No. 1:21-mj-00065 (W.D. Va.)

Summary

An Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint, Document 1-1 in Case 1:21-mj-00065-PMS, filed March 31, 2021 in the Western District of Virginia; the affiant is Joseph Harrilla, a Special Agent with the United States Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General. The affidavit describes the PUA, PEUC, FPUC and Lost Wages Assistance programs and states that a Virginia Employment Commission cross-match found over 6,000 claims filed on behalf of inmates in Virginia, totaling over $85 million in paid claims. It alleges that beginning in May 2020 a group of co-conspirators filed pandemic unemployment claims for themselves, jail inmates, family members and friends, using a single address that appeared on thirty-seven (37) claim applications. It closes with a table of the individuals charged and the statutes cited, including 18 U.S.C. § 1040(a)(1,2).

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