32-year-old Tyshion Hicks sentenced to 12 years for $30M COVID-19 unemployment fraud with 5,000 false claims.
Tyshion Nautese Hicks, 32, from Vienna, Georgia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for her involvement in a fraudulent scheme that stole over $30 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. From March 2020 to November 2022, Hicks and her co-conspirators filed over 5,000 false claims using stolen identities. She also faces additional charges for illegal possession of a machine gun, with restitution to be determined later.
October 25, 2024
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