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Man gets prison in Katrina fraud case
AP   Tuesday, 06 February 2007

A worker directs traffic in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, as a new conference is held in the background, Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. The news conference called for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the 9-11 Commission to investigate what caused levees to fail during Hurricane Katrina. The work crew was removing debris from Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - A 59-year-old man was sentenced Monday to 8 1/2 years in prison on charges stemming from his use of stolen identities in an attempt to acquire more than $100,000 in payments intended for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.


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