16 in Arizona charged with fake Katrina, Rita claims

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Arizona Republic

Sixteen people in Arizona were indicted after federal and Arizona authorities said they claimed to be victims of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

Federal officials said the suspects pretended they had lost their homes and all their possessions and received a total of $67,000 in federal assistance. In reality, they had been living either in the Phoenix area or Tucson all along.

U.S. marshals arrested nine suspects during a roundup Tuesday morning, and two others turned themselves in. Five suspects are not yet in custody.




"These 16 indictments certainly send the message to people that . . . there is somebody watching from behind who is going to make you accountable for your actions," said James Todak, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Los Angeles.


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[Gman]

1. Yet Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater, et al

are allowed to continue looting the treasury.

[rubberducky]

2. The smaller you are, the worse the penalty.

How crazy is this?? After Katrina I e-mailed MSNBC and told them don`t watch the thousands, watch the millions, but maybe they really had to watch the billions. Po` folks will find a way to get free $$$, but that is nothing compared to the folks that contribute to the folks in power. They will influence LAWS that will protect them into recieving millions or Billions from taxpayers for the "services" they perform. Even if those "services" are non existant, they still get thier`s.