Indictment — No. 2:25-cr-00254 (Dkt. 5, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A grand jury Indictment filed April 4, 2025 as Document 5 in United States v. Joyce Turner, No. 2:25-cr-00254, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits under 18 U.S.C. § 1040. It describes the Presidential Disaster Declaration for the January 2025 California Wildfires in Los Angeles County (FEMA-4856-DR), effective on or about January 8, 2025, under which FEMA offered assistance to victims. The indictment alleges that on or about January 9, 2025 the defendant, who resided in the Southern District of Texas, applied for FEMA benefits for damage to a Los Angeles County residence she claimed as a rental property and primary address, when she had no legitimate connection to it and did not qualify.

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