Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain is facing sentencing Tuesday for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits.
McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza, a gated community in Orange County, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles in June 2024 to one count of felony mail fraud, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
McClain, who played at USC from 2018-20 and then transferred to Jackson State, was charged five years ago with multiple counts of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft…