Two Pennsylvania postal workers will have to repay fraudulently obtained pandemic unemployment assistance payments, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Last week, United States Attorney Jacqueline Romero announced that the two workers will have to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Officials said the repayment will resolve allegations that the two violated the False Claims Act by improperly seeking pandemic unemployment assistance.
"The United States alleges that Chance and Day made materially false and fraudulent statements to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to obtain PUA benefits, meant for individuals not eligible for regular unemployment compensation or extended unemployment benefits. In fact, both were working full-time for the United States Postal Service for most or all of the time they were receiving PUA benefits," a statement from the US Attorney's Office said.
Multiple agencies were involved in the investigations.
"There is no excuse for any individual who fraudulently obtains money set aside to help victims of the COVID-19 pandemic," Romero said in the statement. "The fraud alleged in this case is particularly...
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