brandi hawkins | USA Newshour https://usanewshour.com Breaking News, Latest headlines, Top Election stories, Photos & Videos Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:25:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://usanewshour.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-icon-150x150.jpg brandi hawkins | USA Newshour https://usanewshour.com 32 32 Contract employee pleads guilty in unemployment insurance fraud scheme https://usanewshour.com/contract-employee-pleads-guilty-in-unemployment-insurance-fraud-scheme/32631/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 19:16:43 +0000 https://usanewshour.com/?p=32631 Brandi Hawkins, a contract employee for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency pleaded guilty for her part in a multi-million-dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme, this Wednesday.

Her sentencing is scheduled for October 28. She faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.

In July, Hawkins was found releasing federal and state funds on fraudulent schemes by using insider access. $200,000 were found in cash at her home.

Hawkins expended $3.8 million of federal and state funds intended for unemployment assistance during the pandemic.

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