A federal grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old Moore, Okla., resident for disaster benefits fraud involving a massive tornado that struck Moore in May. U.S. Attorney Sanford Coats says Blake Lynn Self is charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Federal …
Two women from Long Island and a man from North Carolina have been arrested on fraud charges for falsely collecting Superstorm Sandy disaster relief funds. Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Jena Sowinski, of Merrick, and 31-year-old Tselane Gibbs, of Valley Stream, …
A 49-year-old New Iberia woman will spend the next 18 months in federal prison for submitting fraudulent damage claims to federal officials after hurricanes in 2005 and 2008 and receiving more than $24,000. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley says Valerie Benjamin …
A Louisiana developer, whose family is a major supporter of Gov. Bobby Jindal, has pleaded guilty in a case involving the fraudulent billing of a Hurricane Katrina recovery program. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 30-year-old Praveen Kailas entered the plea …
An Atlantic City, N.J., woman who stole more than $15,000 in benefit money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a 2010 nor’easter was sentenced Monday to more than two years in prison. Debbie Hicks also was ordered to make …
Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner says anti-fraud investigators are patrolling tornado disaster areas searching for people who are looking to take advantage of storm victims. Commissioner John Doak says some of the $250 million already paid out in storm claims are often …
A 36-year-old New Orleans woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to applications for financial help after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Attorney Dana Boente’s office said Wednesday that Rachell …
Federal court records indicate a man charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud plans to plead guilty in the case. Richard Frank Bourgeois Jr. and Wallace Gary Bourgeois were indicted on charges that they lied about their primary residence in order to …
A Hancock County man has been sentenced to 15 months on federal charges related to a Hurricane Katrina fraud case. Anthony L. Bryan has pleaded guilty in February to lying to the Mississippi Development Authority to obtain a Hurricane Katrina …
A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly …