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June 14, 2006

$1 Bn of Katrina Funds Went To Fraudsters

Topics: Political News and commentaries

About $1bn in relief meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina was lost to fraud, with bogus claimants spending the money on Hawaiian holidays, football tickets, diamond jewellery and Girls Gone Wild porn videos ...

.... housing assistance to 1,000 prison inmates ...., payments to people who were living in free hotel rooms, ... damage claim from a cemetery in New Orleans - to a person who had never lived in the city, ... compensation for a vacant lot, ... over $20,000 to an inmate who used a post office box as his damaged property, ... $3,700 on a diamond watch, earrings and ring, ... a one-week all inclusive holiday in the Dominican Republic, ... $200 of Dom Perignon champagne, fireworks, ... $1,000 for a Houston divorce lawyer, and a considerable amount for adult erotica.
Nawwww, tell me it isn't so!.




Posted by Richard at June 14, 2006 4:24 PM


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