NEW ORLEANS, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
Anyone who defrauds American taxpayers will face the consequences
WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after a Pennsylvania woman was sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
On January 28, 2026, the woman from Plymouth Meeting was sentenced after pleading guilty in September to 32 charges - including 24 counts of wire fraud, 7 counts of mail fraud, and one count of fraud related to a major disaster declaration - amounting to more than $1.7 million.
The Trump Administration is takin...