Jasmine Williams

recruiter convicted

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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Recruited nearly 200 people through social media after Hurricane Ida, including renters, homeowners and homeless individuals, offering to help them apply for FEMA disaster assistance. source
Between October 2021 and March 2023, built fraudulent FEMA applications using fake leases, forged landlord letters, falsified utility bills, fabricated earnings statements and bogus home-repair estimates, causing FEMA to pay $1,744,982.64 in disaster assistance. source
Demanded half of whatever FEMA approved for each application as her fee, and used intimidation, including posting a participant's personal information, to collect payment. source
Charged in April 2024 with one count of fraud in connection with a major disaster declaration, 24 counts of wire fraud and seven counts of mail fraud, and pleaded guilty to all 32 counts in September 2025. source
Sentenced on January 28, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge to 5 years in federal prison and 4 years of supervised release. source

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Cases

A Pennsylvania woman built FEMA paperwork for nearly 200 people, for half of whatever it paid out (2026)

Sources

FEMA Fraud Ringleader Gets Five Years for $1.7M Hurricane Ida Scam. MyChesCo. Accessed 2026-10-20.

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