A central Missouri man has pleaded guilty in a $437,000 Covid-19 fraud scheme. Lamar K. Johnson, 41, admitted Thursday that he played a role in a plan to use the identities of deceased individuals to file hundreds of false stimulus claims under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government. Warren Watkins, a co-defendant from Kansas City, pleaded guilty to the same offense in March 2022. Over 230 false and fraudulent claims were filed. Most of the individuals' identities used were those of deceased people. Watkins was associated with two funeral homes in Kansas City. Both Johnson and Watkins could receive up to 1- years in prison without parole.