Foreign National Among Defendants Charged in Seven-Count Housing and Social Security Fraud Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A seven count Superseding Indictment was unsealed yesterday in U.S. District Court charging Maliktra Derenorcourt, 27, and Philippe Oliver Gadie, 34, both residents of the District of Columbia, with a multi-year scheme to allegedly enrich themselves by using fake or stolen identities to fraudulently obtain leaseholds on units at various apartment complexes without paying rent or bills, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.