NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. District Court judge says a woman is headed to jail for falsely claiming to have a New Orleans home damaged in Hurricane Katrina struck in august 2005.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. sentenced that Markisha Burks to a year and a day in federal prison for fraud for using her false claim of property damage to collect funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Tuesday.

Markisha Burks, 27, was convicted by a federal jury last December of 12 counts of fraud.

Authorities said by claiming Hurricane Katrina resulted in damages to her home and personal property, Markisha Burks was able to collect $11,000 in aid, including housing as well as rental assistance.

The claim came about in spite of the fact that Markisha Burks didn’t have a New Orleans home when the hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005.

Acting U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates says that “This defendant tried to take advantage of FEMA’s emergency help which needed to go to real victims, and now she will pay the price.”

The Journal-Constitution said Markisha Burks also was ordered to pay FEMA officials and the American Red Cross a total of $11,426 in restitution.