A former lead claims examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA) is headed to prison for participating in a $1.5 million pandemic-related insurance scam.
Jermaine Rose has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his part in the scam, according to Dawn N. Ison, US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Rose pleaded guilty in April to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to his participation in a wide-ranging scam designed to fraudulently provide his co-conspirators with pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.
“Corrupt public servants compromise the ability of the government to function effectively and undermine confidence in all public programs,” Ison said. “This prosecution reflects the seriousness with which my office takes corruption and fraud in the public sector, as well as our commitment to prosecuting those who used a national crisis to defraud the public.”
“Jermaine Rose, while employed as a state of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency lead claims examiner, abused his authority to allow the payment of more than $920,000 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment assistance claims,” said Irene Lindow, special agent in charge, Chicago Region, for the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General. “Rose exploited his position to release payment on the claims in exchange for kickbacks from his co-conspirators. We will continue to work with our law enforcement and state partners to investigate those who exploit...
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