Four Oklahoma Residents Charged with Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain FEMA Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds

U.S. Newswire, September, 2006

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal grand jury in Oklahoma has indicted four residents for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and theft of public funds related to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funds announced U.S. Attorney John C. Richter of the Western District of Oklahoma. Those indicted include Kimiesha K. Hill, 24; Laniecia L. Hooper, 40; Doris J. McDaniels, 61; and Thomas Gene Perry, 44; all of Lawton, Okla.

According to the indictment, from September to October of 2005, the defendants, who had suffered no damage from Hurricane Katrina, conspired between themselves and others to submit false and fraudulent on-line applications for Hurricane Katrina relief funds to be sent through the internet from...

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