62 pickle makers pay $960K for jobless aid fraud

Published May 22, 2013 8:30pm ET



IMLAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The state says 62 former workers at a Vlasic pickle factory have pleaded guilty and will make $960,000 in restitution for fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits while continuing to work.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced the sentencing Wednesday. It says the 62 people worked for Pinnacle Foods Inc. in Lapeer County’s Imlay Township, about 45 miles north of Detroit.

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