(The Center Square) – A former senior investigator for the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans has been sentenced after admitting to a series of fraud schemes carried out while she was tasked with investigating misconduct by other city employees.
Leessa Augustine, 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced Dec. 16 by U.S. District Judge Greg Gerard Guidry to six months of home detention, followed by five years of supervised release, according to federal court records. Augustine, who is also ordered to pay $94,972 in restitution, pleaded guilty earlier this year to three counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements to investigators.
Several other charges were dismissed at sentencing, including one count of wire fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft…