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Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK –Thomas Brace, a/k/a “Justice,” age 62, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to conspiring to defraud the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) by

Six Defendants Charged In $14.7 Million Scheme To Fraudulently Obtain Pandemic Relief Loans

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging GLENROY WALKER, HOWARD LEVY, SHERRIL BAEZ, NORMA GETTEN, DONNAT POWELL, and GARY WHEELER with conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent applications for loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”).

2021 Audit on Unemployment Fraud

Our audit sought to determine if unemployment claims filed in the name of Ulster County employees were handled in accordance with current law and Ulster County policy. Our audit revealed that the Personnel Department properly identified fraudulent unemployment claims and challenged those claims. In addition, the Personnel Department staff appropriately notified the Sheriff’s Department and the Information Systems Department about the potential unemployment insurance fraud. However, it appears that some employees may not have been notified by the Personnel Department that they were the victims...