tornado fraud News

A former county judge was sentenced to 33 months in prison Thursday after admitting he rigged the bidding for federally funded relief work following a 2009 tornado and received money back from a contractor. Former Ouachita County Judge Mike Hesterly, …

The trial has been delayed for a southwest Missouri man charged with defrauding victims of the Joplin tornado. The Lebanon Daily Record reports that 66-year-old Jeffrey Wolfson is charged with six felony and two misdemeanor charges. His trial was scheduled …