Texas man sentenced for illegally obtaining $150K in New Mexico COVID-19 unemployment benefits

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A Texas man was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay thousands in restitution for defrauding the government by obtaining more than $150,000 in federally funded COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment benefits through false claims. Marc Long used the names and personally identifiable information of multiple individuals to file false unemployment insurance applications and weekly certifications [...]