Sunday, July 31, 2016

Firefighter and wife lied about Sandy damage


From CBS:

An FDNY firefighter and his wife stood accused Monday of lying to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to collect thousands of dollars in Superstorm Sandy benefits.

As CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported, 12-year FDNY veteran Christopher Poje, 43, and his wife, Margaret, 39, walked out of court in Queens after their arraignment Monday afternoon,

Christopher and Margaret Poje both face grand larceny charges, while Margaret Poje also faces forgery charges.

11 comments:

R185 said...

FEMA, the feds and local government get grief for making folks jump through hoops to be reimbursed. Then people like this come along and only make it worse for legitimate victims.

Anonymous said...

I cannot believe a firefighter did something dishonest! He probably lives in New Jersey like a good 25% of FDNY do, anyway.

Anonymous said...

Nice house and car for being a civil servant.

Anonymous said...

It just gets to show you that no matter one's profession, people will always try to cheat in life when given the chance to do so.

Anonymous said...

They should go after all public servants who cheat tax payers.

Anonymous said...

The next thing you tell me is that the ones on disability aren't really disabled!

Typical city employee. Has the hand in the cookie jar. One time too many for this pos and his wife!

Maybe they can share a cell at Rikers!

Anonymous said...

So what? Illegals cheat the welfare system all the time and they NEVER get any jail time!!

(sarc) said...

This court case will go on and on for years.

At some point a plea agreement will be negotiated.

And without any fanfare it will just go away...

Anonymous said...

I remember right after Sandy, there was a woman all over the news carrying on about how she and her family lost everything in their house in Breezy Point, and how they were now all homeless. It turned out that they were neighbors of my cousin in Whitestone, and the Breezy Point bungalow was just their summer getaway spot. But what a performance she and her hubby put on for the cameras!

Anonymous said...

Jail 'em!

Anonymous said...

This will turn into a plea deal. Hence I know she is a realtor. Who knows how many other scams before this. They should throw the book at em both, goto trial and let him lose his pension and her, her realty license.

And the attorney is sure his client will be exonerated. Can't wait for excuse how clients forged receipts, mailed receipts (mail fraud), organize scheme to defraud as this was organized and planned as well as grand theft.

Both idiots signed and sent in forms and receipts for living elsewhere. So Chris had to live apart from his wife and kids when this happened? She had to live somewhere else that the company works for denied any knowledge of this or signing fraudulent invoices and receipts. Guess the minor kids did it all? Lmao! I guess they couldn't live with her mother who lives down the block.

Sure they want to "pay back" the funds but only cause they were busted. They are two pieces of xxxx and hope they both get jail time. This is coming from someone that knows them both.