FEMA and Michael Chertoff strike again.

[SammyBlue]

FEMA Wants $4.7M Back From Katrina Victims

By RON HARRIST, Associated Press Writer 31 minutes ago

JACKSON, Miss. - Thousands of Gulf Coast residents have been told they must repay millions of dollars in federal Hurricane Katrina benefits that were excessive or, in some cases, fraudulent.

In Mississippi alone, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it is seeking $4.7 million from 2,044 people, telling them in a form letter that they have four months to repay or set up a payment plan.

Some storm victims got duplicate or extra benefits because of FEMA errors, FEMA spokesman Eugene Brezany said, and others might have received benefits for expenses that later were reimbursed by insurance settlements.

Some others benefited "by intentional misrepresentation" or the mistaken belief that secondary residences qualified for payments, he said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060422/ap_on_re_us/katrina_repayments

Wanna bet how many are legit? I'm guess this is a screw the poor idea.

[MadMaddie]

1. Yet Chertoff won't acknowledge the massive waste

of poorly built trailers sitting in dirt fields...

There are still people living in tents in Mississippi, no homes and no money....no trailers etc....

And yet they have time to investigate these 2,044 people....

Truely Pathetic....