Fraud comes in many forms. Whether it’s medical or life insurance related, insurance fraud has become more common and catastrophic than ever before. Today, home insurance deception is occurring more frequently than the other types of security plans and is proving to grow in number. Not only can this form of fraud rob innocent people off all of their money but it can also leave them homeless and in deeper debt.

Earlier in the year, the corrupt nature of American politics reared its ugly head yet again. Gregory Brent Warr, mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, and his wife Laura were indicted under charges of insurance fraud. It was discovered that they were involved in a corruption scandal regarding hurricane Katrina victims. Over $220,000 was embezzled through FEMA, which would have gone towards citizens affected by the hurricane of 2005. Hurricane Katrina was recording as the most costly hurricane, damage-wise, in the history of United States. The infamous calamity destroyed an estimated $89.6 worth of properties and flooded 80% of the city of New Orleans. This unfortunate incident left the city in ruins ever since. The calamity ranked among the top 5 of the most deadly hurricanes of all time claiming the lives of 1,836 people throughout the southeast, all the way up to Ohio.

This scandal put the mayor in even deeper water because of the severity of the disaster. The government’s response and aid to the victims of the region has been a hot topic since 2005. The extent of the fraud’s consequences and effects made it the worst scams known to mankind.

The former mayor, Gregory Brent Warr, was not the only one to be accused of fraud since 2005. Warr, however, is on the few who were indicted under such charges.

As with any type of fraud, the people who commit these heinous crimes should be punished by law. There are instances though; that the people who commit these scams are way too powerful to be brought to justice and their paper trail dissipates to the point that it’s no longer possible to prove them guilty. Mayor Warr is one of the few examples of justice served amidst social status and influence.

There were over seventy countries worldwide that came together to help the victims of hurricane Katrina in Southeastern United States. This region was already known to be poverty stricken and its crime and violence rate set really high. The aid came as a blessing especially with the local government turning its back on its people—especially the injured parties—for personal interest.