WASHINGTON (WSV) -- A federal jury in Albany, Ga., convicted Malcolm Jeffrey, 34, of Cordele, Ga., Friday for his participation in a scheme to defraud the Georgia Department of Labor (GaDOL) out of millions of dollars in benefits meant to assist unemployed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said schemes like this are all too common and the Criminal Division is resolved to bringing the fraudsters to justice. “The defendant and his co-conspirators orchestrated a scheme where they used stolen identities to submit fraudulent unemployment claims in order to steal millions of dollars of funds intended for the benefit of unemployed Americans."

Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Ulrich of

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