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This is a paper I wrote on the invasion for an Issues In World Politics course. Its primary focus is the U.S. decisionmaking process that led up to the ...

ABINGDON, VA — A Wise County, Virginia man, who conspired with others to file for fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to commit mail fraud. According to court documents, Travis Kilgore, defrauded the government of more than $182,474 in pandemic unemployment benefits beginning in May 2020. Kilgore was also ordered to pay $164,470 in restitution. The government previously recouped $18,004. "When Kilgore filed numerous false claims for pandemic insurance benefits, he committed a serio...

Abingdon, VA — A Bristol, Tennessee woman pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to defraud the United States as part of the ongoing prosecution into dozens of individuals who fraudulently filed for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits and committed mail fraud. According to court documents, Melissa Hayes conspired with others, including those previously convicted as part of the ongoing prosecution, to file claims for pandemic unemployment benefits through the Virginia Employment Commission [VEC] website. The scheme involved submitting claims for various individuals who wer...

April 28, 2021 — A federal grand jury in Abingdon returned an indictment today charging 23 individuals with their roles in a large conspiracy to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, mail fraud and associated offenses.