Picayune man pleads guilty to defrauding Road Home

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Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 8:33 AM CDT


Robert Lombardino, age 72, a resident of Picayune, Miss., pled guilty in United States District Court in New Orleans to theft of government funds in connection with a Louisiana Road Home Program application, according to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

According to court documents, in 2007, Lombardino applied for financial assistance for damage sustained on a property he owned located on Livaccari Drive in Violet, Louisiana, due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. In his Road Home application, Lombardino represented that the address on Livaccari Drive was his primary residence on the date Hurricane Katrina struck.

A subsequent investigation, however, revealed that Lombardino was living elsewhere at the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall, according to Letten. As a result of the fraudulent application, Lombardino received approximately $134,000 in Road Home funds.

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Lombardino faces a maximum possible penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

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