(The Center Square) - A Georgia woman will serve 12 years in prison for her role in what prosecutors called one of the largest COVID-19 fraud schemes prosecuted.
Tyshion Nautese Hicks, 32, of Vienna, conspired with others to file more than 5,000 fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims, according to the Department of Justice. The stolen benefits totaled at least $30 million.
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