Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Homeland Security
Components
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Report Number
OIG-18-30
Report Description
Our objective was to quickly alert FEMA and its partners about attempts to profit from hurricane survivors seeking disaster assistance in Puerto Rico. FEMA must quickly take steps to stop those attempting to profit from survivors seeking disaster assistance through a fee for service that FEMA provides at no cost to the disaster survivor. The service advertised to complete required FEMA forms in order to obtain disaster assistance will require disaster survivors to provide a third party with their Personally Identifiable Information that will expose them to unnecessary risks. This management alert did not contain any recommendations
Report Type
Disaster Recovery Report
Number of Recommendations
0
