Overview
- Karen Bennett admitted to making false statements to obtain nearly $14,000 in federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
- Federal filings say she will repay the full amount to the Georgia Department of Labor.
- Prosecutors allege she falsely claimed she could not work at Metro Therapy Providers and failed to disclose $905 in weekly pay from a church.
- U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross set sentencing for April 15 after Bennett resigned her House seat and a March 10 special election was set to fill it.
- The plea comes as separate scrutiny intensifies, with Gov. Brian Kemp suspending Rep. Sharon Henderson following her December indictment over similar benefits claims.