Another SW Virginia resident convicted in federal court for pandemic unemployment scheme

A federal jury has convicted a Wise County, Virginia man in a pandemic benefit scheme that involved 36 other people including the suspect’s sister.

Prosecutors said Danny Mullins, Jr., 50, of Pound, made the false claims to the state Employment Commission and received $18,000.

The scheme cost Virginia taxpayers nearly $500,000. Mullins will be sentenced on Nov. 7.

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