Posted on 03/30/2021 9:56:49 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH — Three Pittsburgh residents conspired to provide false information on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) applications and fraudulently submit PUA claims on behalf of at least 90 people, according to the state Attorney General.
“These defendants took advantage of a program meant for everyday people whose lives were uprooted by COVID-19 to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from all of us,” said Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “We are working overtime to track down people who undermine the public by breaking the law and committing fraud.”
Linda Slade, 51, Dr. Rochelle Oaks, 66, and Keith Brown, 53, were each charged with operating a scheme to apply for PUA funding. Slade and Oaks submitted applications for interested participants, while Brown collected fees from the participants to pay Oaks, Shapiro said.
Slade and Oaks worked together, but each had unique, separate lists of contacts for whom they filed. Slade individually recruited and charged a fee to individuals she contacted through friends and family. She prepared 61 applications, totaling $925,273 in PUA funds.
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Greedy criminal got to greedy?
They’ll just claim they were student loan applications and all will be forgiven... /s /s /s
Pikers. Surely some upper ‘echelon’ $blm folks have managed to syphon off more than that. For the ‘cause’. ‘Cause’ they ain’t got enough of your money yet.
“Your Tax Dollars at Work”
Should have gone in to politics or changed their names to “Hunter Biden”
Just think how many helpful BLM activists are organizing to assist the down trodden collect their unemployment...
Common Man, they just wanted a piece of the pie!
But no reason to believe that ANYONE would EVER fraudulently cast a single extra ballot.
Hmmm - No Pictures. Could the Amish be at it again?
They changed.
Once unemployed. Now full-time benefits fraudsters.
$900,000 is a pretty good entry level salary for them.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Democrats trying to work their way up the party ranks fail ensued must go bug time if you want in that party.
Biden winks Pelosi nods
Shame. Probably were just starting to turn their lives around with their rap trio....
Try Georgia. Ruby Freeman is her name.
The gubmint is OK with this as these programs have become an entity unto themselves; clients are clients, valid or not - and the gubmint drones processing these scams see them as job security.
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