When Did They Put Paul Bremer In Charge of Katrina Relief?
The AP's Larry Margasak discovers that - hold on to your hats - the cash shoveled onto the gulf coast to help Hurricane Katrina victims is being lost to fraud and deception.
FEMA also could not establish that 750 debit cards worth $1.5 million even went to Katrina victims, the auditors said.
Among the items purchased with the cards:
- An all-inclusive, one-week Caribbean vacation in the Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic.
- Five season tickets to New Orleans Saints professional football games.
- Adult erotica products in Houston and "Girls Gone Wild" videos in Santa Monica, Calif.
- Dom Perignon champagne and other alcoholic beverages in San Antonio.
What possible reason for Katrina victims have for buying champagne? You'd think they never got a no-strings $2000 debit card before.
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