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Illinois Woman Sentenced for COVID-19 Assistance Fraud Scheme

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DOJ · 10.11.2026 13:57 ET

Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C. · Archive photo, not this event · Voice of America · Source / rights

According to the source statement: A woman in Illinois was sentenced to 36 months in prison for running a multi-million-dollar COVID-19 pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits fraud scheme. She was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and to pay $11,130,490 in restitution plus a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712. These details were announced by the Department of Justice.

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