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Offline Ripsnort

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« on: June 14, 2006, 01:56:51 PM »
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Probe Finds Bogus Hurricane Aid May Top $1.4 Billion
FEMA Relief Funds Paid for Football Tickets, a Caribbean Vacation and a Divorce Lawyer


http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060613200009990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001
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Offline SirLoin

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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2006, 01:59:19 PM »
I hope it was State Farm that got hit by the reverse scam.
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2006, 02:13:33 PM »
Government handouts distributed and spent improperly?  No way!

Learn to swim.
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2006, 02:20:13 PM »
Nope this isn't private insurance companies getting scammed, it's the Federal Govt. getting hit with them. Someone on the ground over there is about to be sacked. Probably several someones.
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Offline indy007

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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2006, 02:27:13 PM »
Well, it's not quite a bad thing...

Yeah, the US gov got scammed... but at least they figured it out for once.
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1 billion to waste
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2006, 02:40:11 PM »
heard on the news this mornining that a guy filed to FEMA 18 forms that he needed money cause of the hurricane...truth is he was not affected by the hurricane and he spent the 36,000$ on a sex change...about 1 billion dollars was handed out to people who did not need the money.
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2006, 02:41:34 PM »
Thanks for sharing.
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Offline Mickey1992

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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2006, 02:46:34 PM »
Does no one remember the outcry after the hurrcane when FEMA and the Red Cross were requesting IDs from victims in order to get assistance?  Because of this they relaxed the requirements.

I say we should give the government props for circling back now and bringing charges against those that defrauded the system.
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2006, 02:48:47 PM »
those zany chocolate town people, they are so clever.
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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2006, 03:48:06 PM »
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those zany chocolate town people, they are so clever.
Careful..., there is alot of white, yellow, name-a-color trash in every city.
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Offline john9001

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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2006, 05:51:26 PM »
chocolate town re-elected it's "it's not my fault" mayor
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2006, 05:53:41 PM »
who said anything about color?
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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2006, 06:10:27 PM »
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Probe Finds Bogus Hurricane Aid May Top $1.4 Billion
FEMA Relief Funds Paid for Football Tickets, a Caribbean Vacation and a Divorce Lawyer


http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060613200009990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001


Only a billion?

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.audit/
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« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2006, 06:24:46 PM »
What's worse, 1000's of private citizens bilking money from the taxpayers or 1 company?
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« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2006, 07:12:37 PM »
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What's worse, 1000's of private citizens bilking money from the taxpayers or 1 company?
is that the price delivered in Iraq?  did the case of Soda walk there?  during the early '90s I worked with a guy from brasil that was extremely wealthy.  he love certain brasilian pastries from a certain bakery in Sao Paulo.  once per week he sent an employee down to brasil for the express purpose of having those pastries freshly delivered to his home on Fisher Island.  The pastries cost pennies at the bakery but the price was probably elevated a bit at the Miami end.
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