NEW ORLEANS,LA—
A New Orleans woman has been charged with
fraudulently obtaining more than $75,000 in federal funds earmarked
for repairing Hurricane Katrina damage.Federal prosecutors said 38-year-old Elizabeth Holiday secured grants from the Federal Emergency Management agency and from Louisiana's Road Home program for rental property she owned in New Orleans.
A court filing Friday accuses Holiday of falsely representing that she was living in the property when Katrina struck in August 2005.
Holiday is charged with theft of government funds. Each of the two counts she faces carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
