A federal indictment in Louisiana has laid out an extraordinary alleged insurance-fraud operation in which seven people are accused of deliberately setting fire to 13 rental homes across Monroe and West Monroe between 2019 and 2026, then attempting to turn the destruction into insurance and disaster-relief payouts.
The alleged ringleader, according to federal prosecutors, is 41-year-old Lashaundalyn Whitlock Brown of West Monroe, who was indicted alongside LaQuadra Whitlock, 26; Latricia Whitlock, 20; Romenique Whitlock, 37; Jonika James, 25; Iesha Alexander, 26; and Travericka Williams, 27…