Bronx woman scams off of Newtown tragedy

[jimnyc]

This woman needs to rot in prison for a long time, IMO.

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that NOUEL ALBA, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging her with lying to FBI agents in connection with their investigation into a fraudulent fundraising scheme related to the Newtown school shooting tragedy.

The complaint alleges that ALBA used her Facebook account, telephone calls, and text messages to falsely claim to be a relative of a shooting victim and solicited money from donor-victims who wanted to donate, claiming the money was for the child’s “funeral fund.” At ALBA’s instruction, donor-victims sent money to a PayPal account controlled and accessed by ALBA. When contacted by FBI special agents investigating fundraising and charity scams related to the Newtown tragedy, ALBA falsely stated that she did not post information related to Newtown on her Facebook account, solicit donations, or recently access her PayPal account. ALBA also falsely claimed to have immediately refunded any donations that she received.

“This arrest should serve as a warning to anyone who attempts to profit from this tragedy by contriving fraudulent schemes that exploit the many victims, their families and individuals who sincerely want to help,” stated U.S. Attorney Fein. “Investigators continue to monitor the Internet to uncover other fundraising scams arising from this tragedy, and the individuals operating them face federal or state prosecution to the fullest extent permitted by law.”

“It is unconscionable to think that the families of the victims in Newtown and a sympathetic community looking to provide them some sort of financial support and comfort have become the targets of criminals,” stated FBI Special Agent in Charge Mertz. “Today’s arrest is a stern message that the FBI will investigate and bring to justice those who perpetrate Internet fundraising scams, especially those scams that exploit the most vulnerable in their time of shared sorrow.”

http://www.fbi.gov/newhaven/press-re...draising-fraud

[aboutime]

There are GARBAGE cans that are more honorable than this woman. She does need to spend time in a prison where the other inmates have lost members of their families to shootings.

Turnabout sounds like Fair Play to me. Scumbags of the Earth seem to be Growing in number these days.

BURN HER. BURN HER BIG TIME!

[Kathianne]

There are GARBAGE cans that are more honorable than this woman. She does need to spend time in a prison where the other inmates have lost members of their families to shootings.

Turnabout sounds like Fair Play to me. Scumbags of the Earth seem to be Growing in number these days.

BURN HER. BURN HER BIG TIME!

It's not just Sandy Hook:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...sandy/1797927/

Newtown fraud suspect also went after Hurricane Sandy cash

12:37p.m. EST December 29, 2012CommentsShare

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman charged with trying to swindle donors by posing as a relative of a child killed in the Connecticut school massacre had also been soliciting money for Hurricane Sandy relief.


Nouel Alba was arrested Thursday and accused of concocting bogus tales about having to identify her nephew's body in order to raise money for a "funeral fund" for the victims.


The New York Post reports that in the days after Sandy struck, Alba also posted Web messages claiming she had founded several charities to assist storm victims.

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