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Cleveland Man Sentenced to Six Months in USDA Fraud Scheme That Netted $400,000 for Himself and His Uncle

Jamarea Grant, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison in connection with a kickback scheme in which he and his uncle, Kirk Perry, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture program director, conspired to bill the federal government nearly $400,000 for work that Grant did not actually perform, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

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Jamarea Grant, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison in connection with a kickback scheme in which he and his uncle, Kirk Perry, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture program director, conspired to bill the federal government nearly $400,000 for work that Grant did not actually perform, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

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    Cleveland Man Sentenced to Six Months in USDA Fraud Scheme That Netted $400,000 for Himself and His Uncle

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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust82
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence100
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
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Event magnitude68
Market relevance74
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
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capital magnitude51
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Confidence factor0.901
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