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Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment
Dexter Sharper is accused of collecting $13,825 in pandemic unemployment benefits while earning income from legislative pay, a party rental business, and musician work, prosecutors said.
- On Friday, federal prosecutors charged Dexter L. Sharper, 54, with making false statements to collect $13,825 in unemployment benefits, and he was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard in Atlanta.
- Federal and state investigators say the charges against Georgia lawmakers are part of a broader probe into pandemic unemployment assistance fraud, targeting recent months.
- Records filed by prosecutors allege Dexter L. Sharper collected benefits while earning $325 weekly from Georgia General Assembly pay, up to $2,231 from party-rental business income, and as much as $275 from musician earnings.
- U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said the funds were for those facing forced business closures and argued the alleged conduct violates public trust, while federal officials emphasized Sharper is presumed innocent.
- Earlier in the investigation, Sharon Henderson, state representative , underscores the ongoing federal and state probe into pandemic unemployment fraud.
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GA Dem Rep. Charged with Lying to Obtain COVID Unemployment Benefits
A Georgia Democrat Representative was charged with allegedly lying in order to obtain unemployment assistance during the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. The post Georgia Democrat Rep. Charged with Lying to Obtain COVID-19 Unemployment Assisstance appeared first on Breitbart.
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Another Georgia lawmaker accused of pandemic unemployment fraud
ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors have charged another Georgia lawmaker with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars of pandemic unemployment assistance. Rep. Dexter Sharper, D-Valdosta, was arraigned on Friday on charges of making false statements to obtain $13,825…
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