Those poor people that were affected by the hurrican … they can’t catch a break. They lose everything, then therr are scumbags out there that have, and continue to lie, cheat and steal their aid.
Fraud involving payments supposed to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita likely exceeds earlier estimates of $1 billion and only a tiny fraction of the money has been recovered, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
A February estimate that improper payments could be $1 billion “is likely understated,” the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said in the report to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has only been able to recover about $7 million in improper payments, which included money for temporary housing and aid to foreign students studying in the region, according to the report.
[source: reuters]
Links:
http://www.katrina.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
