Four arrested in alleged unemployment fraud scheme using inmates’ identities

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain fraudulent unemployment benefits using the stolen identities of inmates in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, according to the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office.

Special agents arrested Felisa Suggs, Nathanial Coleman, P’Trance Fields and Kavisia Blaylock as part of the investigation.

Investigators discovered four unemployment claims submitted to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security using the names of inmates in the full-time custody of MDOC…

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