Hurricane Katrina Press Releases, Speeches And Testimony For September, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Press Release
Flagship Hotel Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing False Claim with Fema Hotel Program
The principal owner of Flagship Hotel Ltd. has pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with FEMA’s Short Term Lodging Program, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. (Read more)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Press Release
Another Pleads Guilty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Disaster Relief Fraud Charges
Another Louisiana resident pled guilty in federal court on fraud charges related to a hurricane disaster relief program, United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today. (Read more)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Press Release
Guilty Plea to Making False Statements to a Federal Credit Union and Making False Statements to a Bank
United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced thatKERYN GOYNES, age 48, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty on September 18, 2007,to an indictment charging her with three counts of making false statements to a federal creditunion or a bank.(Read more)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Press Release
Another Pleads Guilty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Disaster Relief Fraud Charges
Another Louisiana resident pled guilty yesterday in federal court on fraud charges related to a hurricane disaster relief program, United States Attorney David R.Dugas announced. (Read more)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Press Release
Biloxi Man Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud
George B. Buckley, II, a Biloxi resident, entered a guilty plea inU.S. District Court today to charges of submitting false claims for Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance funds, U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton announced today. (Read more)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Press Release
Another Pleads Guilty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Disaster Relief Fraud Charges
Another Louisiana resident pled guilty in federal court on fraud charges related to a hurricane disaster relief program, United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today. (Read more)
Friday, September 14, 2007
Press Release
Three Plead Guilty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Fraud Charges Related to a Hurricane Disaster Relief Program
Three more Louisiana residents pled guilty in federal court on fraud charges related to a hurricane disaster relief program, United States Attorney David R.Dugas announced today. (Read more)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Press Release
Another Sentenced, Two More Plead Guilty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Disaster Relief Fraud Charges
Another Louisiana resident was sentenced, and two more pled guilty in federal court on charges of fraud related to hurricane disaster relief programs, United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today. (Read more)
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Press Release
Biloxi Man Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud
Mario Leleaux, a Biloxi resident, pled guilty to charges of submitting false claims for Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance funds in U.S. District Court in Gulfport before Federal District Judge Louis Guirola, U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton announced today. (Read more)
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Press Release
Jackson County Man Found Guilty of Katrina Fraud
Danny Gene Hale, of Pascagoula, Mississippi was found guilty in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of six counts of fraud against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton announced today. Hale was remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal immediately after the verdict. (Read more)
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Press Release
Dayton Woman Sentenced for Hurricane Fraud
United States Attorney John L. Ratcliffe announced today that a 45-year-old Dayton woman has been sentenced to 36 months probation for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. Turner must also repay $6,799.16 in restitution. (Read more)