Chicago, IL – Two Chicago residents face federal fraud charges after prosecutors alleged they manipulated unemployment benefit records to obtain approximately $4.68 million in COVID-era relief payments for hundreds of applicants, with another court hearing scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, an indictment announced Monday, Oct. 19, charges Andrea Wellington, 35, and Randall Easley, 38, in an alleged scheme involving the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.
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