Houma resident pleads guilty to fraud
A 25-year-old Houma resident pled guilty in federal court Thursday for mail fraud, after receiving $26,000 in BP oil-spill-claims money for a fake business.
A Hoschton man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to a multi-year mortgage fraud and real estate Ponzi scheme that swindled more than $20 million from more than 150 individuals and institutions.