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| FEMA Fraud: 20 Times More Applicants than Homes in Los Angeles Fires |
| 2025-03-21 |
| [Breitbart] The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has received 270,000 applications from purported homeowners in the recent L.A. fires — though only abut 13,000 homes were destroyed. A FEMA official gave the staggering figure — more than twenty times the number of eligible applicants — as concerns about fraudulent applications continue to plague the agency, more than two months after the fire. As Breitbart News has reported, many displaced residents had tried applying for FEMA relief, only to find that someone else had already applied in their name and with their address, locking them out of the system. FEMA attempts to make relief funds easy to apply for, but the downside is that fraudsters can more easily take advantage of the system. A FEMA official said that problem was a major reason for closing applications at the end of the month, instead of extending them for a full year, as Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) requested. Identity theft in natural disasters may seem shocking, but it is not uncommon — especially when maps of affected areas and addresses are easily available online. Several individuals have already been arrested for fraud in connection with FEMA grants in the L.A. fires — one of whom is suspected of having collected on similar fraudulent applications for two decades, going back to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. Newly-installed Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman had warned in January that fraudsters would descend on L.A. Victims have been asked to contact the FBI, at 1-800-CALL-FBI/. Related: Federal Emergency Management Agency: 2025-03-13 CBP director faces charges for allegedly defrauding FEMA and lying to feds Federal Emergency Management Agency: 2025-03-11 3 more FEMA workers fired after investigation into skipped homes with Trump signs after Hurricane Milton Federal Emergency Management Agency: 2025-02-24 Staggering sum Gavin Newsom is pleading with Congress to approve to help rebuild Los Angeles after... Related: L.A. fire: 2025-02-07 Lee Zeldin: EPA Working ‘Round the Clock' to Clean Up L.A. Fires L.A. fire: 2025-01-19 Turns Out All CA Homeowners are going to backstop the LA Fires with increased premiums-Insurers' Rule Change Puts California Homeowners on the Hook for L.A. Fire L.A. fire: 2025-01-13 Good Morning |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 This should keep the FBI busy for a while. Real genuine, attempted fraud of a federal agency, just what the FBI was created to do. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-03-21 14:23 |
| #2 defund fed fema. put coordination with military to the individual state if needed. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2025-03-21 09:35 |
| #1 I guess those in LA didn't get the word. This isn't the Biden/Obama/Democrat Run FEMA anymore. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-21 04:49 |