Civil suit filed 9/11 rescue fraud case
Friday, February 06, 2009
BY LISA CORYELL
Special to the Times
Scott Shields, the West Windsor man imprisoned for bilking
the federal government out of funding meant for victims of
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, now faces civil fines and
penalties for his crime.
In a suit filed in the U.S. District Court's
Southern District of New York, U.S. attorneys are seeking
undisclosed damages from Shields, whose dramatic stories of
rescuing victims in New York following the World Trade
Center attacks and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
have largely been debunked.
