According to reporting by David Beasley at The Center Square, a Cleveland man and a former U.S. Department of Agriculture program director were each sentenced to six months in federal prison for conspiring to bill the federal government about $400,000 for work that was never performed.
Quoted allegation
The Center Square reported the following statement: “Jamarea Grant conspired with his uncle to line their pockets with hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.” The outlet did not attribute that quote to a named official in the excerpt provided.
What the report establishes
The Center Square’s summary identifies the Cleveland man as Jamarea Grant and states that both he and a former USDA program director received six-month federal sentences tied to the false-billing conspiracy totaling about $400,000.
