Three individuals have been federally charged for allegedly committing fraud to receive disaster relief from the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney said.

At a news conference Wednesday morning, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally announced charges against two individuals in Southern California and one in Texas.

McNally told reporters the individuals are charged with allegedly making false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and for receiving fraudulent financial assistance.

"These false claims resulted in badly needed disaster-relief money being denied to actual wildfire victims while these defendants allegedly used property information to illegally line their own pockets," McNally said.

Joyce Turner, 55, was arrested in Texas Tuesday and has been charged in a criminal complaint for allegedly submitting an application claiming her home had been destroyed in the Eaton Fire, a statement from McNally's office said.

Federal officials claim Turner has never lived in California and had no connection to the address she submitted the application for. She is also accused of forging a lease claiming she lived at the residence. McNally said through her fraudulent application she received more than $25,000 from FEMA.

"Turner submitted at least ten other applications to FEMA for disaster relief (so eleven total) related to seven other federally declared disasters, e.g., Hurricane Katrina (2005), Hurricane Ike (2008), Hurricane Isaac (2012), Hurricane...

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