Woman Filed False Unemployment Claims Using Computer at Work

During a trial last week, a jury found a District woman guilty for illegally obtaining benefits in an unemployment scheme.

Brianna Meadows, 32, submitted 49 false claims of unemployment between May 2009 and April 2010, according to a FBI document. During that time she was working full-time for a private contractor in Maryland.

Meadows illegally collected over $14,000 in less than one year. Evidence shows that over two dozen of the claims were submitted from a computer at her job.

Meadows was found guilty on Dec. 22 and will be sentenced on March 11. She faces the following charges:

• Four counts of wire fraud
• One count of theft of government funds
• One count of first-degree theft

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