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Date: 09-24-2021
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Case Number: 2:20-cr-00126-NJB-MBN
Judge: Michael B. North
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Orleans County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: New Orleans, LA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of government funds in connection with a false application for disaster assistance.
Bruce D. Cox, age 62, submitted a falsified application to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (“FEMA”) for disaster assistance. Following the August 2016 storms and flooding in Tangipahoa Parish, the application sought disaster assistance for a rental property in Robert, Louisiana that COX managed. In the application, COX falsely stated that the property in Robert was the owner’s primary residence, when in fact COX rented out the property to a tenant and knew that the property’s owner had never lived there. As a result of false statements in the application, FEMA paid disaster benefits to the property’s owner, despite the property owner not qualifying for those benefits.
United States Magistrate Judge Michael B. North sentenced COX to one year of probation, a fine of $4,000, restitution of $31,361.28 to FEMA, and a mandatory special assessment of $25.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas D. Moses is in charge of the prosecution.
18:641 and 18:2 THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND AIDING AND ABETTING
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to one year of probation and over $35,000 in combined fines and restitution payments.
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