Big Stone Gap Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud

Hobbs pleaded guilty last week to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government of the United States and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced on December 10, 2021 and faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

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Inmate Serving Lengthy Sentence for Third Degree Murder Gets Additional Time for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud

Following the application’s filing, Clanton informed someone during a recorded jail call, “I’m in jail already, so for me, it don’t matter . . . I got my own account, I got my own so it’s not like, so in my situation I’m in prison already, so what ya’ll gonna do to me?”

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