Man pleads guilty after lying about having COVID-19
Man pleads guilty after lying about having COVID-19 December 14, 2020 GMT ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man who lied to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19 pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges, prosecutors said. Santwon Antonio Davis, 35, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding his employer by sending a fake medical excuse letter in May, the U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Monday. Because Davis said he’d tested positive, his employer had to shut down its plant for sanitizing and put several other employees on paid leave while they quarantine...
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