Melrose Man Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent UI Claims

MELROSE, MA — A 68-year-old Melrose man pleaded guilty to bilking the state out of unemployment insurance money by making fraudulent claims under the names of others.

Alan Neal Scott pleaded guilty to four counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and five counts of aggravated identity theft.

Federal prosecutors said over the course of six years Scott submitted numerous fraudulent unemployment insurance claims with the state. Some of the claims were using other identities — including those of incarcerated people — and all were related to a nonoperational businesses linked to Scott. All the funds were being sent to addresses connected to and accounts controlled by Scott.

Scott is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 12.