德州 Porter 女子骗得43.5万美元灾后新房被判入联邦监狱：曾威胁杀害证人并袭击执法人员
美国司法部 11 月 10 日的更新显示，德克萨斯州 Porter 一名 56 岁居民 Sharai Poteet 已被判入联邦监狱服刑，其罪名包括电汇诈骗、与重大灾害有关的诈骗、威胁杀害证人，以及袭击、阻碍执法人员。此前她正是通过诈骗手段，获得了一栋价值 43.5 万美元的新建住房。
据司法部此前公布，2019 年至 2024 年间，Poteet 以欺诈手段骗取灾后住房援助及其他联邦福利。她提交的虚假申请谎称其家庭有 11 名成员，包括 7 名儿童和 1 名残疾成年人，由此获得了一栋定制的七卧室住房。建造这栋住房的资金，本应用于通过住房与城市发展部的一项计划帮助 Hurricane Harvey 的受灾者，而这栋住房也是该计划当时所建的最大的一栋。
调查还发现，Poteet 曾就 2021 年至 2024 年间的风暴向联邦紧急事务管理署提交三份虚假的灾助申请。调查期间，她还威胁要杀害一名证人，并在一场旨在扣押其手机的行动中袭击了一名联邦执法人员并试图逃跑。
此案由住房与城市发展部督察长办公室调查，特别助理联邦检察官 Shalimar Addy 负责起诉。Poteet 此前已在联邦地区法官 Kenneth Hoyt 面前认罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
Porter, Texas Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison After Fraudulently Receiving $435,000 Home: Threatened Witness and Assaulted Officer
A U.S. Department of Justice update on November 10 said that Sharai Poteet, a 56-year-old resident of Porter, Texas, has been ordered to federal prison for wire fraud, fraud in connection with a major disaster, threatening to kill a witness, and assaulting and impeding a law enforcement officer, after fraudulently receiving a newly built home worth $435,000.
According to the Justice Department's earlier release, from 2019 through 2024, Poteet engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain disaster-relief housing assistance and additional federal benefits. She submitted fraudulent applications claiming 11 people, including seven children and a disabled adult, were members of her household, and as a result received a custom seven-bedroom home. The funds used to construct the home were intended to help Hurricane Harvey victims through a Department of Housing and Urban Development program, and the home was the largest the program had built at that time.
The investigation also revealed that Poteet submitted three fraudulent applications for disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for storms that occurred between 2021 and 2024. During the investigation, she also threatened to kill a witness and assaulted a federal agent while attempting to flee during an operation intended to seize her cell phone.
The case was investigated by the HUD Office of Inspector General and is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Shalimar Addy. Poteet had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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