JACKSON, Miss. – A Mississippi resident has been found guilty, and another indicted on charges of defrauding the government.
Olivia Oliver, 41, of Tupelo, had been accused of falsely claiming she was not working to get state unemployment insurance benefits of $26,525. Oliver pled guilty Wednesday and now faces up to 5 years in jail, a quarter million dollar fine and three years of probation.
“The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program is intended to assist those who could not secure employment, and Oliver and those who give false information regarding their employment will not be allowed to profit by wrongfully taking funds from the citizens of the Northern District of Mississippi who are truly in need of assistance,” said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Felicia C. Adams.
In another employment fraud case, Pelahatchie resident Jacqueline Hill, also known as Jacqueline Doty, 32, turned herself in to Rankin County deputies Thursday after being indicted by a grand jury on one count of lying to get workers’ compensation. Hill, according to the indictment, made those false statements to the Union Standard Insurance company. Her case is being handled by the State Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Unit. If convicted, she faces a maximum of three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
