Senior Customs and Border Patrol Official Charged with 'Scheme to Defraud FEMA' and Lying to Federal Agents “A federal criminal complaint was unsealed today charging the Director of United States Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering with engaging in a scheme to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and lying to federal agents, Acting United States Attorney Julie A. Beck announced,” the release begins. It continued: “Serina Baker-Hill, 55, of Detroit, is a career employee of CBP. Following a series of floods in the Detroit area in August of 2023, Michigan’s request for a federal disaster declaration was approved, which allowed residents to apply for FEMA assistance “The approval letter from FEMA indicated that the rental assistance money was to be used solely to help Baker-Hill pay rent and essential utility costs while she was in temporary housing.” “According to Baker-Hill’s bank records, none of the FEMA money was used for rental, hotel, or utility expenses,” the release states. “Video surveillance at the home showed that Baker-Hill and her husband continued to live in the home after receiving the rental assistance funds from FEMA. I'm positive a bunch of this has happened over the years, if true I hope she gets what she deserves.
Is anyone else wondering why CBP has a Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering?
If this is true she should return the funds,lose her job, and face the consequences for any laws she broke.
Her home was hit by the flood. So the “award” was probably legit, but she just decided to pocket the few thousand dollars instead of getting the hotel or rental FEMA was covering. I’m sure this happens quite a bit. Not exactly the scandal of the century, very low level stuff, but if she was dumb enough to risk her career for a few thousand $$$ in stolen grant money you can’t have much sympathy either.
Your post leaves some doubts as to what she "deserves." But if one assumes she's a criminal, and looks at your voting record, it's a safe inference that you think she should be elected to high office - even President? Or is she not criminal enough? Does she need to incite an attack on our government?
Sounds like the most logical explanation although the original post in this thread undoubtedly intentionally created the impression that she was behind a fraudulent scheme involving the diverting of hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to her to which she was not entitled.
To catch those illegals coming in by jumping the General Lee over the border or coming in by rocket ship.