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CNN, December 29, 2005
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/28/katrina.fraud/
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/28/katrina.fraud/
Forty-nine people have been indicted in a scam to pocket Red Cross hurricane relief funds and more indictments are expected. Authorities said 22 people working for a Red Cross contractor at a call center in Bakersfield, California, filed false claims, and by involving family members and friends, brought the number of people under indictment to 49. Officials said they planned to widen the investigation. "Our investigation is going to be expanded to include other parts of California and other states, and there are thousands of claims made in other states," FBI Special Agent Javier Colon said. The Red Cross had safeguards in place after Katrina, but "they were not fully adequate," spokesman Steve Cooper said.
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