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Hammond Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding American Red Cross

U.S. Attorney’s Office October 22, 2010
  • Eastern District of Louisiana (504) 680-3000

NEW ORLEANS, LA—CHRISTY ALEXANDER, age 25, a resident of Hammond, LA, pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to one count of mail fraud relating to fraudulent applications for financial assistance that she submitted to the American Red Cross, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

According to court documents, ALEXANDER applied for and received disaster assistance funds from the American Red Cross three times. The Red Cross made disaster assistance money of up to $1,565 available to those affected by the hurricanes of 2005 on a one-time only basis. ALEXANDER admitted that she applied for these funds three times throughout the early fall of 2005, indicating that she had not yet received any money at all from the Red Cross. In all, ALEXANDER fraudulently obtained $2,830 from the American Red Cross.

ALEXANDER faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,0000 fine, restitution to the American Red Cross, and three years of supervised release following imprisonment. Sentencing has been scheduled for January 20, 2011.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharan E. Lieberman.

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