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VA Man Who Made Siblings Ringleaders In $1.7M Pandemic Scheme Gets Time In Fed Pen
A northern Virginia man will be spending time in federal prison for instructing his siblings how to file bogus pandemic unemployment claims that netted nearly $1.7 million.
Eric Wilhoit, II, 29, of Fredericksburg, conspired with Odyssey Wilhoit, 23, Jeremiah Wilhoit, 26, Dejhaun Wilhoit, 26, from May 2020 through in or about January 2022, Virginia's US Attorney General Jessica D. Aber said. Eric, Odyssey, and Dejhaun are siblings. It was unclear how Jeremiah was related.
Eric Wilhoit admitted that he instructed his co-conspirators on how to make the claims. The group then used VPN…
