Friday, July 6, 2007

Katrina fraud swamps system

What the hell is wrong with these people?!

The U.S. comes to their aid and they turn around and screw over their government! It is people like this that embarrass me to call myself an American! These people should be embarrassed too if they had any shred of decency.

It wasn’t bad enough that nature took away everything most of these victims had, now other Americans have taken their best shot too. Why do we have to prey on one another? Don’t you people realize that you are stealing from yourselves when you do this? It’s your tax dollars too! Where is your self-respect, your pride?!?!

People who cheat aid programs and charities are the lowest of all human beings. Swindling people through contracts in their hour of need is just plain rotten and despicable treatment of your fellow Americans.

So far 700 people have been charged with crimes, and the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force has referred 11,000 more potential fraud cases to Homeland Security and a handful of other law enforcement agencies for investigation. The Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative arm, identified another 1,700 open criminal cases.

Many of these cases include allegations of fake Social Security numbers or addresses. But authorities also have sought charges in more complex schemes.

In one case, prosecutors charged that two roommates in Houston sent FEMA 39 claims for assistance for the two storms and lied about living in places hit by the hurricanes. These lies were an attempt to receive $2,000 checks that FEMA sent to victims to help victims get back on their feet after the disaster. I want to know who these two lying bastards are and I want them to be branded so that everyone who ever meets them knows what filthy, thieving, low-lifes they are.

And can you believe this scum-bag, A police chief (of all people) in Independence, La., pleaded guilty to over-billing the government for overtime. Why does cheating, lying, and theft reach such heights? Can anyone answer this question? Have we no shame at all? This individuals name should be prominently published and sent to every police force in this nation and he should never work as a policeman again or in any position where he has access to other peoples money. He is a disgrace to policemen and law-abiding Americans.

And then there are those people who legitimately received their checks and did not spend it on rebuilding their homes but instead spent it on jewelry or vacations. Does it sound like these individuals were suffering? Did they really need to take our tax dollars to ease their plight?

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