ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state House member is accused of lying about her employment to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

Rep. Sharon Henderson, a Covington Democrat, has been indicted on two counts of theft of government funds and ten counts of making false statements, prosecutors announced Monday.

Henderson was arrested at her home Monday by federal agents. Led into a federal courtroom in Atlanta in leg shackles, she pleaded not guilty in an initial appearance. She declined comment to The Associated Press after she was released from custody on $10,000 bail.

U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg told WABE-FM that more Georgia lawmakers are being investigated for fraudulently obtaining unemployment payments from COVID-10 relief programs.

“There are more investigat

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