UP TUESDAY AT 1:00.
>>> STATE PROSECUTORS SAY THAT EIGHT PHILADELPHIA CITY
EMPLOYEES ILLEGALLY GOT PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE MONEY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY EACH ONE GOT
ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO $60,000.
THEIR APPLICATIONS SAID COVID-19 ENDED THEIR EMPLOYMENT, BUT IN
FACT THEY’D BEEN WORKING THE
WHOLE TIME. >> THESE ARRESTS ARE AN
IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT FALSELY
APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS IS A SERIOUS CRIME AND ONE THAT WE TAKE QUITE
SERIOUSLY.
THESE INDIVIDUALS TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM TAXPAYERS.
>> THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL