Former USC football player Abdul-Malik McClain agrees to a plea bargain for his role in allegedly orchestrating a fraudulent COVID-related benefits scheme.
Former USC football player Abdul-Malik McClain has agreed to a plea bargain for his role in allegedly orchestrating a scheme from July 2020 to September 2020 that sought to claim more than $1 million in fraudulent COVID-related unemployment benefits from California’s Employment Development Department. McClain, according to a copy of the plea agreement obtained by The Times, will plead guilty to one count of felony mail fraud.
The original indictment cited 36 fraudulent claims for PUA benefits which McClain filed or assisted in filing that were made in the names of teammates, friends and others whose identities were stolen as part of the scheme.
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