Richmond Woman Guilty Of Unemployment Fraud

She was accused and was found guilty of cheating the unemployment system. Tonya S. Linkous of Richmond was sentenced to two years of jail and six years of probation and ordered to repay more than 32-thousand dollars for the benefits she collected. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s increased efforts to identify and prosecute fraud has resulted in a 63-percent reduction and a savings of more than 18-million-dollars.