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NEW ORLEANS, March 10 (UPI) -- A federal judge sentenced a woman to prison for falsely claiming she had a New Orleans home damaged in Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. sentenced Markisha Burks to a year and a day in federal prison for using her fraudulent claim of property damage to collect funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday.
Burks, 27, was convicted by a federal jury last December of 12 counts of fraud.
Authorities said by claiming Katrina resulted in damages to her home and personal property, Burks was able to collect $11,000 in aid, including housing and rental assistance.
The claim came about despite the fact that Burks did not have a New Orleans home when the hurricane struck in August 2005.
"This defendant tried to take advantage of FEMA's emergency aid which needed to go to real victims, and now she will pay the price," Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a release.
The Journal-Constitution said Burks also was ordered to pay FEMA officials and the American Red Cross $11,426 in restitution.
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