司法部：伊利诺伊州分包商前雇员被起诉 涉嫌骗取逾460万美元疫情救济金
华盛顿——美国司法部 10月19日宣布，伊利诺伊州一家州政府分包商的前雇员 Andrea Wellington 已被起诉，涉嫌以欺诈手段获得逾 460 万美元的新冠疫情救济金。
据司法部国家欺诈执法司的通报，Wellington 被指从事与「疫情失业援助」（Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, PUA）计划有关的欺诈。PUA 是疫情期间依据《CARES 法案》设立的联邦救济计划，为自雇者、零工工作者以及其他通常不符合常规失业保险资格的人群提供失业救济，也是疫情救济诈骗案件集中的领域之一。
司法部在通报中未公布更多案件细节。起诉仅为一项指控，被告在被法庭证明有罪之前被推定无罪。
DOJ: Former Employee of an Illinois State Subcontractor Indicted for Allegedly Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $4.6 Million in Covid-Relief Benefits
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 19 that Andrea Wellington, a former employee of a State of Illinois subcontractor, has been indicted for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $4.6 million in Covid-relief benefits.
According to the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, Wellington allegedly engaged in fraud related to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA, created under the CARES Act, provided unemployment benefits during the pandemic to self-employed people, gig workers and others not ordinarily eligible for regular unemployment insurance, and it became one of the programs most heavily targeted by relief fraud.
The department did not release additional details of the case in its announcement. An indictment is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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