Man pleads guilty to making false statements on Road Home application

January 22nd, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by BNO News

NEW ORLEANS (BNO NEWS) A Metairie, Louisiana resident on Thursday pled guilty to making false statements to the United States after filing a fraudulent application.

Frederick C. Rabito, 64, filed an application in October 2006 with the Louisiana Road Home Program falsely claiming a property as his primary residence. As a result of the false statement, he received $122,396 in Road Home assistance to which he was not entitled.

Rabito faces a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, restitution, and three years of supervised release.

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