Looting and fraud that didn't happen. Warnings seem to have stopped many crooks after Helene.

Looting and fraud that didn't happen. Warnings seem to have stopped many crooks after Helene.

Law enforcement in Western NC surprised not to see looting or contractor fraud they had feared. Efforts to warn public may have helped. Looting and fraud that didn’t happen. Warnings seem to have stopped many crooks after Helene. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million …

Looting and fraud that didn’t happen. Warnings seem to have stopped many crooks after Helene

In April, Attorney General Jeff Jackson stood shoulder to shoulder with local law enforcement outside the Haywood County courthouse to launch Safe to Rebuild, an effort to fight looting of property and contractor fraud amid Tropical Storm Helene reconstruction.