Two women have been sentenced in separate cases for lying about their primary residences to receive federal disaster aid after tornados and heavy flooding hit Mississippi in 2011.
A federal judge in Oxford ordered Tamya H. Jones to serve 12 months and 1 day in prison, followed by five years’ supervised release. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $21,052.
Jones is to report to prison on Nov. 4.
In the other case, a federal judge in Aberdeen sentenced Laura Van Horn to 37 months in prison, followed by five years’ supervised release. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $4,199. Van Horn is already in prison.
Prosecutors say each defendant had pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of fraud.