Prosecutors allege Abdul-Malik McClain organized and assisted a group of other players in filing fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits.
Abdul-Malik McClain, shown in a 2017 photo when he attended JSerra High in Rancho Santa Margarita, has been accused of filing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits applications. , will enter his plea Monday in downtown Los Angeles to one count of felony mail fraud, his plea agreement filed last week states.
Prosecutors allege McClain, who was playing for USC during the scheme in 2020, organized and assisted a group of other players in filing fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits, including under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program established by Congress in response to the pandemic’s economic fallout.
Federal prosecutors contend that false statements in applications filed with the state’s unemployment insurance benefits program led the California Employment Development Department to authorize Bank of America to mail debit cards to the football players. In some cases, McClain sought and obtained a cut for helping others file fraudulent applications, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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