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Chowchilla Prison Pals Indicted for COVID Unemployment Fraud

A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted a Chowchilla prison inmate and a parolee Thursday on charges they fleeced taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. Sholanda Thomas, 36, who is an inmate at the Central California Women's Facility, and parolee Christina Smith, 37, are accused...

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