A Detroit man has been sentenced to 39 months in federal prison in connection with the theft of more than $1.6 million in unemployment insurance benefits from nine states, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Jordan Armstrong, 29, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts on charges of wire fraud and identity theft.
A criminal complaint was first filed in 2021. Between May and October 2020, Armstrong “without various individuals’ knowledge or approval, submitted fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance benefits in the names of individuals in Michigan, California, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New York, and Louisiana,” federal officials said in a statement.
