Sally Kestin

Miranda Woodard moved out of her south Miami-Dade County home before Hurricane Frances hit last fall but still collected $12,359 from the federal government for damages she claimed at her...

From Miami to Winter Haven to Starke, Floridians have accused their neighbors, colleagues and even their own relatives of taking advantage of the hurricanes by collecting disaster assistance they didn't...

Thousands of Miami-Dade County residents who have collected almost $31 million in Hurricane Frances relief deserve not scorn but pity, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday....

From Mobile, Ala., to Detroit to rural eastern North Carolina, the federal government has approved millions in assistance to areas largely unaffected by disasters, even after local officials warned of...

Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore in Alabama in mid-September, but Floridians as far away as Palm Beach County -- 675 miles from the storm's landfall -- can now collect disaster aid...

Federal officials knew as early as two days after Hurricane Frances that the Labor Day storm had left little damage in Miami-Dade County. So little that community relations teams that...

For two months, elected leaders from Tallahassee to Washington have demanded investigations while expressing outrage that Miami-Dade County residents may have fraudulently collected millions in Hurricane Frances aid. But no...

Federal authorities pursuing fraud allegations anticipate arrests by the end of the year in Miami-Dade County, where residents have collected millions in disaster assistance for Hurricane Frances, an official in...

Four Florida members of Congress called Wednesday for an investigation into federal hurricane aid distribution, while state legislators are considering legislation to increase penalties for falsifying disaster applications. The actions...