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Va. U.S. Attorney: Seventeen Southwest Virginia Co-Conspirators Face Federal Fraud Charges in Pandemic Unemployment Benefit Scheme
June 04, 2024
ABINGDON, Virginia, June 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release:

A federal grand jury in Abingdon, Virginia returned an indictment May 21, 2024 charging 17 individuals with conspiring to defraud the United States by filing fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment benefits.

The grand jury has charged Josef Ludwig Brown, Crystal Samantha Shaw, Jonathan Scott Webb, Christopher Kirk Webb, Stephanie Ambe . . .

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