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MAN & WOMAN NET PRISON SENTENCES FOR DISASTER RELIEF FRAUD
West Alabama Man, Tuscaloosa Woman Sentenced in Separate Disaster Fraud Cases   Fraud, Press Release   BIRMINGHAM ALA federal judge today sentenced a West Alabama man to 21 months in prison for fraudulently claiming disaster benefits following the April 27 tornadoes in Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Maley, and James E. Ward, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General.
U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced ROBERT LEE SPIRES, 47, on two counts of attempted wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency of disaster-related benefits. Judge Coogler ordered Spires to pay FEMA $1,585 in restitution. A federal grand jury indicted Spires on the wire fraud charges in September. He pleaded guilty to the charges in November.
Spires was the second person sentenced for disaster fraud this week in federal court in the Northern District of Alabama. U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith Jr. on Wednesday sentenced Evegelin Coleman, 44, of Tuscaloosa, to six months’ incarceration for making a false statement to FEMA to obtain or attempt to obtain disaster benefits. She falsely claimed on an application for disaster funds ... more

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