Miyares Secures Conviction for Unemployment Fraud (Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia)
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that the office's Unemployment Compensation Fraud Unit secured a conviction of Ajarhi Roberts of Winchester in Winchester City Circuit Court for a felony of obtaining money by false pretense (Va. Code sec. 18.2-178). According to the release, Roberts was sentenced to 5 years in prison with all but four months suspended, on condition of supervised probation and payment of restitution, and was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the Virginia Employment Commission. The case resulted from a joint investigation by Virginia State Police, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General and the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The release notes that the Virginia Employment Commission asked Miyares in March of 2022 to help prosecute fraudulent unemployment claims.
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Jason S. Miyares
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Attorney General Miyares Secures Conviction for Unemployment Fraud
RICHMOND, VA – Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that his
Unemployment Compensation Fraud Unit has secured another conviction.
• Ajarhi Roberts, Winchester: convicted in Winchester City Circuit Court of a
felony obtain money by false pretense (Va. Code sec. 18.2-178).
Following the conviction, Roberts was sentenced to 5 years in prison, with all but
four months suspended, on the condition of supervised probation and payment of
restitution. Roberts was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the Virginia
Employment Commission.
The conviction is the result of a joint investigation by Virginia State Police, The U.S.
Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General and the United States Postal
Service - Office of Inspector General.
“Unemployment fraud is a cruel way of taking advantage of systems designed to
help Virginians down on their luck. My unemployment compensation fraud unit is
dedicated to bringing these cases to justice,” said Attorney General Miyares.
In March of 2022, the Virginia Employment Commission asked Attorney General
Miyares to help prosecute fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation.
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