LOS ANGELES — Three people are facing charges for allegedly falsely claiming they were residents of Altadena and the Pacific Palisades and obtaining more than $40,000 in disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency intended for victims of the January wildfires, prosecutors said Monday.

“When you choose to steal FEMA wildfire relief funds, you are stealing from the thousands of fire victims who desperately need financial assistance rebuilding their homes and their lives,” L.A. County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said in a statement announcing the charges.

–Jerry Lee Clay Jr., 43 of Los Angeles, was charged with one felony count of procuring and offering a false or forged instrument, one felony count of grand theft, and two felony counts of unauthorized use of pe

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