Elizabeth Landlord Charged with Sexual Crimes Against 13 Tenants
The owner of hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth has been arrested and criminally charged with coercing more than a dozen of his tenants into sexual acts...
Middle Tennessee Investors To Pay $200,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding HUD Program
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 22, 2021 – Laziza Abdullaeva and Aziz Ashurov of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations involving misrepresentations in their...
Former Echo Housing Corporation Executive Director Sentenced on Three Counts of Theft
Evansville – Acting United States Attorney John Childress announced today that Stephanie TenBarge, 73, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to two years’ probation by U.S. District Judge Richard...
Indictment Details Charges in Conspiracy to Defraud Financially Distressed Homeowners, Financial Institutions
PROVIDENCE – A Johnston-based real estate investment firm, the company’s founder, and a person who held himself out to be a negotiator on behalf of financially distressed homeowners but who was, in...
Landlord to Pay $128,000 under the False Claims Act for Allegedly Renting Subsidized Section 8 Apartment to a Family Member
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Dmitry Royzman, will pay $128,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he illegally claimed...
PRAC Releases Virtual Stakeholder Listening Forum with Experts on Housing
Today the PRAC’s Financial Sector Oversight working group released a new video of a stakeholder listening forum entitled, “Pandemic Response: Perspectives on Housing.” The working group is comprised...
Cleveland City Council Member Arrested, Charged with Federal Program Theft
Acting United States Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that sitting Cleveland City Council member Kenneth JOHNSON, age 74, of Cleveland, was arrested this morning by law enforcement agents...
Real Estate Developer Among Four Individuals Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted a real estate developer and three others for allegedly participating in a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions out of at least $3...
Case Manager and Property Agent Plead Guilty to Stealing Federal Funds Designated to Help Homeless Veterans
ATLANTA - Camelia Revels, a former case manager at HOPE Atlanta, and Katrise Jones, a property agent, have pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging them with conspiring to steal...
United States Files Civil Fraud Suit Against Three Individuals and Multiple Real Estate Companies Alleging Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Defendants Allegedly Engaged in a Scheme to Purchase Real Estate at Fraudulently Depressed Short Sale Prices Resulting in Millions of Dollars in False Claims Submitted to HUD’s FHA Mortgage Insurance...