Tupelo Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud

OXFORD, Miss. (Press Release) — Felicia C. Adams, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Richard L. Walker, Special Agent in Charge, U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General – Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations announced that:

Olivia Oliver, 41, of Tupelo, pleaded guilty October 9, 2014, before United States District Court Judge Deborah M. Brown, in Greenville, Mississippi. Oliver pled guilty to making false material representations in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Labor, that is, that she was unemployed when in truth and in fact she was gainfully employed, thereby receiving $26,525 in unemployment insurance benefits from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security funded by the Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program to which she was not entitled.

Oliver was released on a pre-existing bond pending sentencing, which will take place following the completion of a pre-sentence report. At sentencing, she faces a maximum possible penalty of five (5) years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and three (3) years supervised release.