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Serina Baker-Hill, 55, of Detroit is\/was the Customs and Border Patrol director of the agency’s Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering. (Okay, my first question – I can see a group with that title being in Detroit, but under Customs and Border Patrol? Calling Mr. Musk…)<\/p>\n
\nA U.S. Customs and Border Protection official in Detroit was charged Wednesday with orchestrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $6,300 in disaster aid and lying to federal agents, a case unsealed as prosecutors charged her husband in connection with an alleged drug conspiracy.<\/p>\n
Serina Baker-Hill, 55, of Detroit, director of the agency’s Center for Excellence and Expertise over Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, was arrested and released on $10,000 unsecured bond following an initial appearance Wednesday in federal court in Detroit. She is charged with three crimes: wire fraud, lying and fraud in connection with a major disaster, charges that could send her to federal prison for 20 years or longer. Her lawyer, Amanda Bashi, could not be reached for comment immediately Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Missed this when it actually hit, the article was dated March 12.<\/p>\n
\nThe corruption case against Baker-Hill grew out of a drug conspiracy investigation targeting her husband, 56-year-old Maurice Hill. During the drug probe, the FBI obtained a wiretap and learned Baker-Hill and her husband were engaged in an alleged fraud involving disaster aid, FBI Special Agent Andrew Matas wrote in an affidavit filed in federal court.<\/p>\n
The criminal case against Baker-Hill dates to August 2023 after a series of floods in Metro Detroit prompted residents to apply for federal disaster aid. Baker-Hill applied for assistance and a Federal Emergency Management Agency inspector determined there was flood damage in the basement of her home, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Baker-Hill received $6,315 to fix the damage and for two months of rental assistance because she claimed the home was unlivable, the government alleged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Apparently while she claimed the house was unlivable, she and her husband continued living there normally, using the same amount of utilities… oops.<\/p>\n
\nAs the criminal case against Baker-Hill was unsealed Wednesday, a drug conspiracy case was unsealed in federal court against her husband and six others.<\/p>\n
The 43-count indictment involves an alleged conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl.\u00a0 Detroit News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
She and her husband were recorded on wiretaps joking whether he wanted new Gucci shoes with the money.\u00a0 Somehow I think he may be in more danger of hard time than she is despite that 20 year potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"