Comments on: Seven Escambia, Santa Rosa Residents Indicted For False BP Claims

By: BlessRheart

BlessRheart — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:36:30 +0000

To hear the lawyers’ ads about BP, you’d think everyone in the 2 county area had a right to some of that money, no matter what. Dishonest people will jump on any chance at something for ‘free,’ whether they deserve it or not.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:37:18 +0000

I agree with Ben. There were many businesses inland that were going through a tough time because of the economy prior to the BP spill and they decided to jump on the BP band wagon just to cash in.
There is a horse riding business north of 9 Mile Rd that I know did that. They weren’t marketing their business and didn’t have any real advertising to speak of and after the BP spill they cried about it as though they operated on Pensacola Beach when their problems, IMO, had to do with how they ran the business and the problems with the economy and drug problems and a divorce along with other Jerry Springer problems after Jerry Springer problems.
They had been scamming Escambia County out of tax revenue via a glass business for years before that and have the judgments for those listed on the clerk of the Court’s website for the FDR and the IRS. Some how they keep finding ways to avoid having to be accountable for the money they’ve kept that wasn’t theirs and any receipts they used to back up their BP claim should be thoroughly audited.

By: Mom

Mom — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:16:56 +0000

Ben,
You are correct! I remember hearing people everywhere saying, yeah, all you gotta do is say this or say that, and you can get some of that money too. Some of them were actually some of my relatives (they didn’t go thru with it).
Well I’m glad these crooks got caught! Serves them right. A thief is a thief, no matter what you steal.

By: Ben Thar

Ben Thar — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:01:33 +0000

I may be mistaken, but I think it might be a few more than these seven folks.