Gulf oil spill claims fraud News

A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges of lying about his past employment to get $25,800 in oil-spill recovery money. The Sun Herald reported that Shawn Albert Townsel will be sentenced March 26. Prosecutors said Townsel received …

A federal appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of man who pretended to be a shrimp-boat captain and alleged he lost his livelihood to collect oil spill recovery money. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals …