Man indicted in Katrina fraud case

["Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Sorry for any duplicates.

Via CNN/Money:

[snip]

A Florida man has been arrested and charged in the first federal indictment stemming from a wave of suspected phony 
Internet solicitations for hurricane relief, federal law enforcement sources said Monday

Officials familiar with the case said the U.S. attorney in Miami would announce the indictment at an afternoon news 
conference after a judge formally unseals documents in the case.

Law enforcement sources said Gary Kraser is charged in a four-count indictment that alleges he collected about $20,000 
from 48 victims in two days of fraudulently soliciting hurricane relief funds through a Web site, www.airkatrina.com.

Kraser allegedly falsely claimed on the Web site and elsewhere on the Internet that he was piloting flights to 
Louisiana to provide medical supplies to the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and to evacuate children and others in 
critical medical condition.

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http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/newsmakers/katrina_fraud/index.htm

- ferg


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