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Woman charged with pandemic fraud to benefit inmates

(WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was charged with six counts of wire fraud for allegedly obtaining COVID-19 emergency relief unemployment benefits for herself and ineligible prison inmates.

According to the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Muneerah Abdullah, 45, of Chester, PA allegedly filed Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims for herself and other ineligible recipients, including prison inmates.

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Extra funding for 100s of Pennsylvania districts in question. See if yours could be affected.

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HARRISBURG — Top Republican lawmakers who can make or break a budget deal appear skeptical about sending roughly half a million dollars to some Pennsylvania school districts this year as part of an effort to close the “adequacy gap.”

FBI search for wanted 'armed and dangerous' Pa. fugitive

(WBRE/WYOU) — The FBI is searching for a Pennsylvania man wanted after a stabbing in New Jersey that killed another man.

FBI Newark, Pennsylvania State Police Fugitive Unit, Stroud Regional Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service are asking for help in the search for 26-year-old Ricky ‘Angel’ Vargas of East Stroudsburg.

The FBI says Vargas has been charged in federal court with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after being indicted on first-degree murder charges.

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