More recovery fraud

By R. Neal / August 24, 2006

The Washington Post reports:

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Four people have been indicted on charges of falsifying records of debris cleanup from Hurricane Katrina and billing the federal government more than $700,000 for work they didn't do.

From the description of the complex scam, it sounds like it would have been easier to just do the work.

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