A Cumberland County man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for pandemic unemployment fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced.
Andrew Marszalek, 24, of New Cumberland, pleaded guilty to conspiring with five others to file false claims for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials said the defendants used the personal information of inmates in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections system and had payments mailed to addresses in New Cumberland.
The conspirators arranged for the payment of tens of thousands of dollars in benefits they weren't entitled to, officials said.
Nicholas Baggio, 32, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and is awaiting sentencing.
Alexis Figueroa, 31, of Philadelphia; Oscar Martinez, 28, an inmate at SCI Rockview; and Jeovanny Shultz, 28, an inmate SCI Mercer, are awaiting trial.
Joshua Powles, 33, of Philadelphia, is wanted.
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