Former Bush Admin FEMA worker charged with stealing nearly $800,000 in Katrina relief money

[Ian David]

A former FEMA worker and her cousin have been charged in Mississippi with stealing $721,000 in disaster relief money, including allegedly diverting $58,000 directly from three victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Lashonda Booker, who worked in FEMA's Biloxi office processing Katrina disaster assistance claims, is accused of conspiring with her cousin to divert FEMA funds to bank accounts Booker controlled, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney Jan. 8.

Booker allegedly accessed victim information on a FEMA disaster database and then her cousin, Peggy Hilton, allegedly called FEMA to have the victim's bank account information changed.

The scheme, which was first reported by the AP, allegedly lasted from October 2005 through last May.

More:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/ex-fema_worker_charged_with_stealing_katrina_relie.php

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/ZerlinaM/statuses/7641137912


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[hlthe2b]

1. Her reservation in HELL awaits,

sooner or later....

[FarPoint]

3. I hope she sings

like a canary.:hippie:

[midnight]

2. Well you know..... That whole fema thing has worked kinda nice for them.....

[Solly Mack]

4. k/r

[Botany]

5. According to the AP article Ms. Booker did this by herself and w/ friends ...

.... W and his admin had nothing to do w/ it.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

6. You think that matters to most people here?

Heck, just look at what they do to Obama.

[Botany]

7. Yes, I think most DUers try to be fair (liberal views but fair in most cases)

Although some .....



:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

9. Please tell me this is a photoshop...

:rofl:

[Froward69]

11. Nope I got the series from some of my

fellow alumni... GO CSU RAMS!!!

we all Forwarded it to colleagues that all went to CU.

As it is a "Moosetameanor"... :rofl: :rofl:

[Blue Owl]

8. scumbag crony

BE GONE!

[LuckyLib]

10. It took more than 3 years to figure out that the $$$ was disappearing.

So much for FEMA. Get this woman and her friends a nice warm prison cell.