FEMA Fraud Ringleader Gets Five Years for $1.7M Hurricane Ida Scam

FEMA Fraud Ringleader Gets Five Years for $1.7M Hurricane Ida Scam

PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Montgomery County woman who orchestrated a sweeping fraud scheme that siphoned nearly $1.75 million in federal disaster aid after Hurricane Ida was sentenced to five years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Jasmine Williams, 34, of Plymouth Meeting, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge after pleading guilty to 32 federal charges tied to a yearslong plot to defraud the Federal Emergency M…

Plymouth Meeting woman sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding FEMA of over $1.7 million in Hurricane Ida disaster benefits

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced on January 28th that 34-year-old Jasmine Williams of Plymouth Meeting was sentenced to five years in prison by United States District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) following the impact of Hurricane Ida. Williams was indicted in April 2024 with one count of fraud related to a major disaster declaration, 24 counts of wire fraud, and seven co…