A 56-year-old Porter resident has been hit with a 20-count federal indictment for allegedly defrauding a disaster relief program to receive a newly built home valued at $435,000.
Sharai Poteet is accused of submitting fraudulent loan applications that claimed 11 people—including seven children and a disabled adult—lived in her household.
The applications allegedly secured her a custom seven-bedroom home funded through a program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Hurricane Harvey victims…