By: Najla Alexander
NJ AG authorities announced that a Gloucester County man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegally obtaining more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger stated that Willie Carter, 24, of Paulsboro, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Reneé Marie Bumb to an information charging him with wire fraud.
Officials said Judge Bumb imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:
From July 2020 to October 2020, officials stated, Carter submitted fraudulent unemployment insurance benefit applications to various states.
According to officials, these states provided, and Carter falsely obtained, more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
In addition to the prison term, officials say, Judge Bumb sentenced Carter to three years of supervised release and ordered restitution of $469,582.
