April D. Trexler, 32, of West Frankfort, Illinois, pled
guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to a one count
indictment charging her with fraudulently claiming disaster relief
benefits from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United
States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.
Wigginton, announced. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury
on June 5, 2012, alleged that in the aftermath of the wide-spread
flooding in Southern Illinois in the spring and summer of 2011, Trexler
submitted a false application and supporting documents to FEMA claiming
that she had been forced to relocate because of the flooding and
requesting relocation assistance funds from that agency. Trexler,
however, had not been forced to relocate or otherwise affected by the
flooding. As a result of her false submissions, Trexler fraudulently
received $4,597 in relocation assistance payments from FEMA.
Trexler faces up to five years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised to follow her incarceration of up to three years. Sentencing was set for March 28, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the United States District Courthouse in Benton.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of FEMA.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James M. Cutchin.
Trexler faces up to five years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and a term of supervised to follow her incarceration of up to three years. Sentencing was set for March 28, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the United States District Courthouse in Benton.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of FEMA.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James M. Cutchin.
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