The woman faces up to 30 years in prison for the fraud charge and an additional mandatory two years for identity theft.

The white sedan was last seen traveling north and turning onto Hankins Road. About 110 pounds of methamphetamine, equal to $3.8 million in street value, was seized. She is a convicted felon and is ...

A Marion woman appeared in federal court in Asheville on Aug. 8 and was charged with fraud and identify theft after a false ...

After investigating, officials say Cantrell was living in Wake County, which was outside the impacted storm area.

FEMA paid the fraudulent claim on March 12, wiring $30,631.59 to a California bank account. She is alleged of withdrawing ...

FEMA paid the fraudulent claim on March 12, wiring $30,631.59 to a California bank account. She is alleged of withdrawing funds from a credit union in Marion.

A North Carolina woman has been indicted after investigators say she defrauded the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) following Tropical Storm Helene.

A woman from western North Carolina, Peggy Lee Cantrell, faces federal charges for falsifying information on her FEMA ...

A western North Carolina woman who falsified information on her FEMA application now faces federal charges with the potential ...

Her photos were later featured in a Lee Zurik investigation. An Orleans Parish Civil District Court judge and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal each tossed Cantrell’s restraining order case ...

Peggy Lee Ruck Vester passed away peacefully in the morning hours of July 3, 2025, at Bridgepointe Gardens in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She was 92 ...