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Posted: 5:27 AM Mar 10, 2010
Ga. woman sentenced in FEMA fraud case
ATLANTA (AP) - A 27-year-old Georgia woman was sentenced to a
year in prison on charges of scheming to defraud the Federal
Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Reporter: AP |
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ATLANTA (AP) - A 27-year-old Georgia woman was sentenced to a
year in prison on charges of scheming to defraud the Federal
Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Markisha Burks of McDonough was sentenced Tuesday on charges of
making a false statement to a governmental agency, mail fraud and
wire fraud. She also must pay more than $11,000 in restitution to
FEMA and the American Red Cross.
Burks was convicted by a federal jury in December on all 12
counts of fraud after a two-day trial.
Prosecutors say she told FEMA she lived in New Orleans when the
hurricane struck when she actually lived in Georgia. They say she
received more than $2,000 in emergency housing assistance and more
than $9,000 for rental and other assistance from the government.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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