Posted on 03/12/2025 12:45:40 PM PDT by george76
Following efforts with our interagency partners, I can report that a career Director level employee at US Customs and Border Protection has been charged with allegedly attempting to defraud FEMA, as well as lying to federal agents..
This is part of the new FBI’s renewed efforts to crack down on public corruption and deliver accountability for the American people.
Justice will be done.
Thanks to our partners @AGPamBondi @TheJusticeDept and our @FBIDetroit team for their work.
Wow, that was fast. Kash is really moving!
WHAT? is this a foretaste of arrests and hopefully PROSECUTIONS of those who have skrued the American taxpayers with “impunity”? or is it just a bone? YOU decide.
Why not print this person’s name? Isn’t being charged with a crime a matter of public record?
A perp walk would be good.
I’m happy to see arrests starting.
And what’s the specific allegation wrt FEMA? He’s a CPB director but somehow stealing FEMA money… this could be just the beginning of something much larger. There always was a question of whether and how much FEMA money was going to immigration resettlement costs; and whether the drain of cash from FEMA to CBP made the federal FEMA response to NC and regions weak.
Serina Baker-Hill, 55, a Detroit-based CBP bigwig overseeing the Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, thought she could pull a fast one on hardworking American taxpayers..
I Have Decided.
What is this fascination of making grandiose statements of “what is about to happen.” It seems in most cases whether its the release of documents, dislosures or arrests, nothing ever happens. How about making an arrest, do the perp walk and then hold a press conference .
Willie Sutton robbed banks “because that’s where the money is”.
Same with FEMA.
LOL- didn’t fast arse Karl Rove claim the American people would turn against President Trump because none of the corruption they were finding would end up with prosecutions?
It seems there are 328 Ports of Entry in the US Customs and Border Protection agency, each of whom apparently has a Director.
Isn’t that what the statement just said? I must have read it wrong.
Thank you! Well, she looks exactly like I thought she would.
Lawless governments arrest first, maybe ask questions later.
Lawful governments ask questions and weigh answers, then make arrests.
You’re 100% right.
And what’s the specific allegation wrt FEMA?
Serina Baker-Hill, 55, of Detroit, is a career employee of CBP. Following a series of floods in the Detroit area in August of 2023, Michigan’s request for a federal disaster declaration was approved, which allowed residents to apply for FEMA assistance. Baker-Hill applied for FEMA assistance for flood damage and a FEMA inspector determined there was damage to the basement in Baker-Hill’s home. During the inspection, Baker-Hill informed the inspector she was not able to live safely in the home while the repairs were being made. Consequently, FEMA approved benefits for Baker Hill to assist with home repairs and for two months of rental assistance. The approval letter from FEMA indicated that the rental assistance money was to be used solely to help Baker-Hill pay rent and essential utility costs while she was in temporary housing.
According to Baker-Hill’s bank records, none of the FEMA money was used for rental, hotel, or utility expenses. Video surveillance at the home showed that Baker-Hill and her husband continued to live in the home after receiving the rental assistance funds from FEMA. Additionally, records for the home do not show a significant drop in utilities consistent with the property being unoccupied during this time.
Careful there about whistling past the graveyard, Karl.
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