Three More Indicted In Baton Rouge on Federal FEMA Fraud Charges

[deadparrot]

BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that a federal grand jury returned indictments against three more Louisiana residents who applied for FEMA relief funds.

LEEANN CRAWFORD, age 24, and JUANA G. HAFFORD, age 46, both residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and BRUCE P. MANYLUK, age 58, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, were each charged in two- count indictments with making false and fraudulent claims for disaster assistance benefits and with making false and fraudulent statements to FEMA.

The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General. These three individuals bring the total to sixteen defendants who have been charged in the Middle District of Louisiana with violations related to FEMA relief funds.

In September 2005, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales created the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, designed to deter, investigate, and prosecute disaster-related federal crimes such as charity fraud, identity theft, procurement fraud, and insurance fraud. The Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force - chaired by Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division - includes members from the FBI, the Federal Trade Commission, the Postal Inspector's Office, and the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys, among others.

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[MichaelHarris]

1. The Bush Bowl, Alberto R. Gonzales field judge

Poor Louisiana - 16
Crooked politicians - 1

[pfitz59]

2. Fraud task force?

Start with Halliburton and work up! What a crock!