Three women from Michigan have been accused of orchestrating a 19-month fraud scheme during the pandemic that allegedly siphoned off more than $450,000.
Federal prosecutors have charged the trio in connection with a conspiracy that investigators say funneled over $450,000 in suspected fraudulent pandemic benefits from Michigan’s unemployment system.
According to a federal complaint and arrest warrant unsealed on April 22, 2026, investigators said the case began with an online “digital footprint” — an internet address connected to a home in Eastpointe…