Central Pa. man sent to prison for conspiring with inmates to steal pandemic benefits

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Central Pa. man sent to prison for conspiring with inmates to steal pandemic benefits
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Money was sent to addresses in Cumberland County.

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A New Cumberland man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring with a group that included state prison inmates to make false unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harrisburg-based U.S. Justice Department officials said Friday that Andrew Marszalek, 24, pleaded guilty to fraud- and conspiracy-related charges.The department said three others who pleaded guilty are inmates at state prisons in Pennsylvania. They used personal information gathered from state prison inmates to file the claims, according to the department.

The department said the federal COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force, created in 2021 to combat pandemic-related fraud, had a role in the case. The department said people can report possible fraud by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at:If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

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