FOUR PLEAD GUILTY IN PANDEMIC SCHEME

Four People Have Been Sentenced In U.S. District Court In Abingdon Virginia After Being Convicted In A Pandemic Unemployment Fraud And Mail Fraud Scheme. 43 Year Old Randall Johnson Of Castlewood Will Serve Two Years In Prison, 34 Year Old Steven Mullins Of Big Stone Gap Will Spend 27 Months Behind Bars And 43 Year Old Patrick Payne Of Big Stone Gap Was Sentenced To Two Years In Prison. Prosecutors Said All Three Conspired With 30 Others To Defraud The Government By Filing Claims For More Than $499,000 In Pandemic Unemployment Benefits.