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A woman who worked for a central Louisiana town’s police department has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to fraudulently secure federal funds after hurricanes Rita and Gustav.
Federal prosecutors say 53-year-old Laverne James and others inflated the number of hours they worked during the storms on time sheets that the town of Ball submitted for reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. James faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison following her guilty plea Wednesday to a conspiracy charge. Her sentencing is set for April 16.
In September, a grand jury indicted Ball’s mayor, police chief and three other municipal employees on charges related to the alleged scheme to falsify time sheets after Rita struck in 2005 and Gustav hit in 2008.
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