FEMA Fraud

We have been working with federal investigators on the subcommittee to investigate fraud, waste, and abuse in disaster relief assistance. We knew we’d find fraud, but not of this magnitude. We uncovered more than one billion dollars of fraud. What was most shocking was where the money went. We uncovered thousands of prisoners who applied for FEMA assistance while in prison and obtained benefits. We found individuals who used social security numbers and the names of deceased persons to obtain benefits. We found listed “residencies

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