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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Four people in Nevada and Oklahoma were charged with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Thursday.
Wilbert J. Bennett Jr., 31, of Henderson, Nev., and Sheila Ritter, 47, of Las Vegas, pleaded not guilty to charges of theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said in a statement.
Bennett obtained about $15,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief funds and Ritter received almost $21,000 in FEMA funds following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, authorities said.
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