A former staffer at the Massachusetts unemployment department will serve 3.5 years in prison for misusing her position to get pandemic benefits through fraud and identity theft.
A former New Bedford resident and ex-employee of the state's Department of Unemployment Assistance pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and identity theft after submitting fraudulent claims for pandemic relief.
A former New Bedford resident pleaded guilty yesterday to making false pandemic unemployment claims through his wife, who worked for the state's Department of Unemployment Assistance, while he was incarcerated.