Overview
- Federal prosecutors say a grand jury charged Henderson with two counts of theft of government funds and ten counts of making false statements.
- Authorities allege she obtained $17,811 by falsely claiming ongoing employment with Henry County Schools despite only brief substitute work in 2018 and a signed acknowledgment that substitutes were not eligible for unemployment.
- Prosecutors say she submitted weekly certifications citing COVID-19 quarantine, including eight in June 2021 after she had been sworn in to represent House District 113.
- Henderson was arrested in Atlanta and was set to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Justin S. Anand, where she was expected to enter a not-guilty plea.
- Investigators from the FBI, the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, the Georgia Office of the State Inspector General, and the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office handled the case as part of DOJ’s COVID-19 fraud enforcement efforts.