A couple from Staten island is accused of fraud worth more than 750 thousand dollars.
As reported by Federal prosecutors, 59-year-old wife filed a false statement to obtain compensation under the program «Build anew» (BIB). This program is designed for residents whose homes were destroyed during hurricane sandy in 2012.
Year that family first filed a claim, indicating that she lived at 6 St Topping. in New Dorp Beach. The house was indeed destroyed during the storm, but in fact, the pair went from him for seven months before sandy.
All these five years the spouses receive compensation – the total of which exceeded 750 thousand dollars, reports DNA info.
It is possible that fraud not be revealed, if not for one incident. Neighbors felt the smell of gas around the empty dilapidated house, called the fire Department… Later the police arrived and investigators who canvassed the neighbors and found out that the pair moved more than six months before hurricane sandy.
«Fraud tools designed to assist in the event of natural disasters, reduces the availability of money for real victims and undermines public confidence in aid programs,» says a lawyer from Brooklyn, Bridget Kind.
Now the adventurous couple will appear before court.
