Mississippi woman bilked 1,000+ in faking training scheme
A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for impersonating an OSHA officer and conducting a hazardous waste cleanup training scam on out-of-work fishermen in the Gulf Coast region.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Connie Knight, 47 and formerly of Belle Chasse, claimed to be a OSHA safety instructor and held classes with people hoping to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Many of those who were exploited by Knight were fishermen unable to pursue their work in the aftermath of the environmental disaster.