Лос-Анжелес хотод болсон байгалийн гамшгийн үеэр холбооны засгийн газрын тусламжийн мөнгийг хууль бусаар авсан этгээдийг нэг жил нэг хоногийн хорих ялаар шийтгэжээ.
Зүүн Холливудын оршин суугч, 32 настай Делвонне Жонсон нь 2025 оны нэгдүгээр сард Лос-Анжелес тойрогт гарсан түймэрт өөрийн өмч хөрөнгө хохирсон хэмээн худал мэдүүлэг өгч, Холбооны онцгой байдлын удирдлагын агентлагаас (FEMA) 64,000 гаруй ам.долларын нөхөн олговор авсан байна. Тэрээр өнгөрсөн онд шүүх хурал дээр гэм буруугаа хүлээн зөвшөөрсөн бөгөөд одоо авсан мөнгөө бүрэн буцаан төлөх үүрэг хүлээжээ.
Мөрдөн байцаалтын явцад Жонсоны FEMA-д бүртгүүлсэн хаяг нь түүний өмч биш, харин тус түймэрт өртөж гэр нь сүйдсэн өөр иргэний эзэмшлийн байр байсан нь тогтоогдсон байна. Жинхэнэ эзэмшигч нь тусламж авахаар хандах үед түүний нэр дээр өөр хүн аль хэдийн нөхөн олговор авсан байсныг холбогдох байгууллагаас илрүүлжээ.
2025 оны нэгдүгээр сарын 7-нд эхэлсэн Итон болон Палисадес түймрийн улмаас 60,000 орчим акр талбай шатаж, 16,000 гаруй барилга байгууламж сүйдэн, 30 хүн амиа алдсан эмгэнэлт явдал болсон билээ. Энэхүү хэрэгтэй холбогдуулан гамшгийн тусламжийн санхүүжилтийг хууль бусаар авахыг завдсан нийт таван иргэнийг АНУ-ын Хууль зүйн яамнаас эрүүгийн хэрэг үүсгэн шалгаж байна.
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An East Hollywood man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $64,000 in federal disaster-relief funds.
Delvonne Johnson, 32, falsely claimed his property was damaged during the January 2025 wildfires that affected Los Angeles County.
Johnson was also ordered to pay $64,148 in restitution to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He pleaded guilty last year in downtown Los Angeles to a charge of fraud related to major disaster or emergency benefits.
The funds Johnson illegally acquired were intended for legitimate victims of the Eaton and Palisades fires. Eligible victims, including renters, could receive a one-time payment of $750, up to $43,600 in additional assistance, and housing support for up to 18 months. Homeowners were also eligible for up to $43,600 in additional relief for home repairs.
Johnson submitted a bogus claim for FEMA benefits related to the Palisades fire in February 2025, listing an address in Pacific Palisades as a purported home he owned, federal prosecutors said. Later that month, FEMA sent Johnson $64,138 in federal disaster relief.
On April 2, 2025, law enforcement interviewed the property’s actual owner, who stated she had lived at that residence since 2015, that it was her primary residence, and she was living there at the time of the Palisades Fire, court papers show.
According to federal prosecutors, she also insisted she never rented the property out to anyone and did not know Johnson. The true owner further stated when she submitted a disaster assistance application to advise authorities that her house had been destroyed, FEMA notified her that someone already filed such a claim on her property’s behalf.
The Eaton and Palisades wildfires that started Jan. 7, 2025, burned a total of nearly 60,000 acres, destroyed more than 16,000 structures and resulted in the deaths of 30 people.
Johnson is one of five defendants who have been arrested on federal criminal complaints accusing them of fraudulently obtaining disaster relief funds by falsely claiming their properties were damaged in the January 2025 wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County, the Justice Department announced.
