7 more accused in fraud cases (Post-Katrina crimes)

The Advocate ^ | 10/09/2005 | Penny Brown Roberts

[LA Woman3]

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana federal authorities are prosecuting seven more people for post-Hurricane Katrina crimes -- including a Baton Rouge woman who allegedly used the address of her mother's old boyfriend to get government assistance. During a news conference Saturday in front of the federal courthouse, U.S. Attorney David Dugas of Baton Rouge and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten of New Orleans detailed six grand-jury indictments and another fraud arrest -- all of them linked to the storm that made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29.

In Baton Rouge, Ruby D. Lollis, 36, of 8770 Elmgrove Garden Drive, Apt. 210, was arrested late last week for fraudulently obtaining a $2,000 disaster-relief check. She faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

[LA Woman3]

Also made public Saturday were the federal grand-jury indictments of six others -- the first for New Orleans prosecutors since Hurricane Katrina. They are:

n Wendell Bailey, 20, of New Orleans is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and firing upon a military aircraft.

The indictment alleges Bailey shot through the window of his Algiers apartment as a helicopter flew over the neighborhood. Federal authorities found two revolvers and a box of ammunition under a mattress. Bailey -- who previously was convicted of cocaine distribution -- faces up toFRAUD30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.

[paudio]

In Baton Rouge, Ruby D. Lollis, 36, of 8770 Elmgrove Garden Drive, Apt. 210, was arrested late last week..

I didn't know newspapers can give away a person's complete address in the their stories..

[LA Woman3]

I didn't know newspapers can give away a person's complete address in the their stories..

Good point! Seems there are different rules that apply in Louisiana....

[cynicom]

Anytime there is a Federal dollar floating around there will be ten people chasing after it.

[Cobra64]

7 more accused in fraud cases (Post-Katrina crimes)

This is going to be going on for years. We're going to be in the half trillion mode by the time this goes away. But, the left will say it didn't cost us a dime. "The Government Paid For It All." /barf

[SouthTexas]

This is going to be going on for years.

Can we go ahead and charge Nagin and Blanco now to speed up the process?

[lawdude]

Let me guess. They are all white, rich businessmen. Or soon will be!

[WasDougsLamb]

Can we go ahead and charge Nagin and Blanco now to speed up the process?

I was thinking that too. They should not get away with what they did and are still doing.

[SouthTexas]

Personally I think they should be charged with a minimum of manslaughter, if not premeditated murder.

[VRWCTexan]

Unfortunately for every one they "catch" there are likely a hundred that are never detected.

Likewise these $2,000 a pop scam artists are a mere drop in the bucket as compared to the multi-billion dollar taxpayer ripoff schemes that the LA political types will soon be lining their pockets with.