SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A Florida woman has been convicted in federal court in Savannah for her role in a scheme that fraudulently obtained nearly half a million dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits from states across the country, federal prosecutors said.
A jury found Cheryl Galloway, 67, of Yulee, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud following a five-day trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Prosecutors said Galloway and her co-conspirators submitted fraudulent unemployment claims in at least 40 states over a two-year period, falsely claiming eligibility for pandemic-related benefits created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act…