A Chattanooga-area woman was sentenced Wednesday to 14 months in prison for defrauding a pandemic unemployment payment program in four states, including Tennessee and Alabama, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Randa Allison, 29, lived in Stevenson and Bridgeport, Alabama, while the fraud took place, according to court documents.
She pleaded guilty in September to wire and mail fraud in an agreement that dismissed another mail fraud charge, a court docket shows.
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In addition to the prison term, Allison was ordered to pay $120,025 in restitution to state labor departments in Pennsylvania and Alabama — approximately the amount of fraudulent payouts she was personally responsible for, the attorney’s office said.