fraud

Food stamps were meant to be a help...not a lifestyle choice.

The man is currently out on bail as well.

A claim from an accident in 2010 leaves a woman behind bars.

Stephen Sanderson and Sherry Williams were charged with 24 counts of fraud.

A Hammond woman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining funds from the American Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk yesterday also ordered 31-year-old Lafreda Winston to pay full restitution to the Red Cross.

A guilty plea in a case involving fraudulent tax returns. Angela Gallow pleaded guilty in U-S District Court to a federal conspiracy charge involving preparing fraudulent tax returns.

A 70-year-old Lake Charles man who bilked the state by overbilling for fertilizer sold to prison farms has been sentenced to spend six months behind bars and pay $247,000 in restitution.

Eight Livingston Parish residents have been arrested on charges of felony theft connected to the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Ten people in south Louisiana are facing federal charges of filing false Medicare claims.

A Breaux Bridge woman is in jail, charged with taking advantage of a veteran to the tune of $6500.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies say a mom who created an elaborate lie by telling people her child had cancer in order to steal money from them has been arrested on multiple counts of theft.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Baker woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for her role in a fraudulent scheme that netted $450,634 from Medicare.

A date is set for a former FEMA employee and a government contractor to be arraigned on charges they conspired to fraudulently obtain a $100 million contract for maintaining government-issued shelters in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.