Miss. woman impersonates OSHA trainer, defrauds Gulf fishermen desperate for work
A Mississippi woman has been indicted for impersonating an OSHA employee in order to conduct fraudulent hazardous waste safety training during the Gulf oil spill clean-up.
A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday in federal court in New Orleans charged Connie M. Knight, 46, with impersonating a federal employee for the purpose of enticing people to pay her for fraudulent hazardous waste safety training. The indictment also charges Knight with possessing false federal identification documents, creating false federal identification documents and transferring false federal identification documents to her employees.