Fraud cost millions in Katrina, Rita aidMEGAN O'MATZ, SOUTH FLORIDA SUNSENTINEL
Within two months of Katrina and the subsequent Hurricane Rita, theHurricane Digital Memory Bank15was set up with the purpose of using ‘electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record’ of the hurricanes. It currently contains 43,300 artifacts including firsthand...
fraudulent (1) rental assistance payments to registrants at the same time it was providing free housing via trailers and apartments; (2) duplicate assistance payments to individuals who claimed damages to the same property for both hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and (3) IHP payments to non-U.S...
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