the BP oil spill in the Gulf was the
worst in history and the aftermath
included thousands of people applying
for government assistance and some of
them con artists mind-boggling
mind-boggling that 87 people would
falsely claim this massive spill cost
them their jobs at a seafood processing
plant our investigation determined that
none of those people had ever worked at
that safely process in place they never
heard of any of these people and that
was it is a total we fraudulent claim
the dollar loss to you the taxpayer
footing the bill 352 thousand dollars
lots of people who deserve money who
lost their jobs who lost their
businesses and they were unable to get
money and there are so many people who
did not deserve Lenny that did get money
the good news the ripoff artist who
tried to profit from this disaster were
easily caught whenever you file a false
claim just the act itself of filing the
claim is committing a federal offense
and federal crimes carry very severe
punishment justice is Swift and it is
severe so don't do it