Man pretends to own home destroyed by CA fire, gets $65,000 from FEMA, feds say

A California man scammed FEMA into sending him nearly $65,000 by pretending to own a home destroyed by one of the wildfires that burned in Los Angeles County in January, federal prosecutors said.

Delvonne Dashon Johnson, 31, of East Hollywood, is one of four California residents who were arrested April 24 on charges of fraud related to disaster relief funds meant to help those affected by the fires, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

Attorney information for Johnson wasn’t immediately available April 28…

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