ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH HURRICANE IDA FRAUD COMMITTED BY LAW FIRM WITH LOUISIANA AND TEXAS OFFICES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RICHARD WILLIAM HUYE, III ("HUYE"), age 34, formerly of New Orleans, and now a resident of Texas, was charged by bill of information on August 28, 2026, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

According to the bill of information, HUYE was an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana who started working for a Texas based firm ("Law Firm A" in the bill of information) three days after Hurricane Ida struck Southeast Louisiana on August 29, 2021. Law Firm A then opened an office in October of 2021 in New Orleans.

After Hurricane...