Pennsylvania Judge’s Bid to Dismiss COVID-19 Relief Fraud Charges Rejected by Court

A Pennsylvania state judge, facing charges of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief funds to pay his law firm’s staff, has failed in his attempt to have the charges dismissed. The judge’s legal team argued that prosecutors had impeded the defense by withholding employment records of the former staff members, which they intended to use in assessing credibility. However, the federal judge overseeing the case ruled against this argument, allowing the criminal charges to stand. For more details, refer to the original report on Law360.