Overview
- Prosecutors say Sharper collected $13,825 in pandemic unemployment assistance between April 2020 and May 2021.
- Court records state he filed 38 weekly certifications claiming he was not working and was actively seeking employment.
- Investigators allege he was earning about $325 a week as a state representative, up to $275 a week as a musician, and $2,231 a week from his party rental business during that period.
- He was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on a charge of making false statements to obtain funds administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- The case is part of an ongoing probe that has already produced an indictment of Rep. Sharon Henderson and a guilty plea from former Rep. Karen Bennett.