A Union, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 80 months in prison for stealing more than $450,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
Maurice Mills, 30, of Union, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference to an information charging him with wire fraud.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law, creating a new temporary federal unemployment insurance program called Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).
Between August and September of 2020, Mills submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance benefit applications to the State of New York using the names of other individuals.
As a result, the State of New York approved and provided, and Mills falsely obtained, more than $450,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Martinotti sentenced Mills to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $486,760 in restitution.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Kogan of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Cybercrime Unit in Newark.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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