Tuesday, April 03, 2007
America - We have a problem
This is mindboggling.
How can there be so many people like these?...
How can there be so many people like these?...
The Associated Press's Sharon Cohen tells an incredible story:
"More than 18 months after Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast, authorities are chipping away at a mountain of fraud cases that, by some estimates, involve thousands of people who bilked the federal government and charities out of hundreds of millions of dollars intended to aid storm victims.
The full scope of Katrina fraud may never be known, but this much is clear: It stretches far beyond the Gulf Coast, like the hurricane evacuees themselves. So far, more than 600 people have been charged in federal cases in 22 states _ from Florida to Oregon _ and the District of Columbia.
The frauds range in value from a few thousand dollars to more than $700,000. Complaints are still pouring in and several thousand possible cases are in the pipeline _ enough work to keep authorities busy for five to eight years, maybe more."
