-- Daniel Djoro, who reported that his brother, "Daniel Zagbre," had perished during the attacks while at the World Trade Center for a business meeting. He produced his "brother's" Social Security number and driver's license to prove "Zagbre's" existence to Red Cross officials, who had kindly flown him from Lansing, Mich., to New York City. But "Daniel Zagbre" was in fact a fictitious name the defendant himself had used. Djoro scammed an easy $272,800 out of the Red Cross and Safe Horizon. He was convicted of fraud last year.
-- Tyrone Darks, who filed a death claim for his wife from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary's death row. He reportedly applied for between $300,000 and $1 million from the September 11 Victims Compensation, claiming his wife was killed during a visit to the Twin Towers. Darks' wife was dead alright. She was murdered in 1994; it was Darks who was convicted of slaying her.
-- Chinese national Zhingang Ma, who reported that his wife died at the World Trade Center on the day of the attacks while meeting friends for breakfast. Ma received $10,000 from Safe Horizon. His wife is alive and living in Japan.
-- Puerto Rican national Luz Morales-Cotto, who claimed that her daughter had a job interview at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and that she had not heard from her since. The "grieving" mother collected $16,500 from the Red Cross and Safe Horizon and $5,000 in Social Security survivor benefits. Morales knew all along that her daughter was alive and well in Puerto Rico.
We can't do anything to rid ourselves of homegrown 9-11 con artists, but legal permanent resident aliens such as Kendall can be deported if convicted of crimes involving fraud or deceit in an amount exceeding $10,000. Kick them out and keep them out. These callous scavengers of tragedy don't deserve to call America home.