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REPORTAR FRAUDE, DESPERDICIO O ABUSO
Date Published
Febrero 04, 2015
News Type
Artículo
Link to Original
timesonline.com

BEAVER -- Beaver County might need to repay more than $500,000 if it can’t properly document how housing money was used, according to a federal audit.
 Additionally, a county-paid lawyer might have had a conflict of interest, the audit report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General states.

Beaver County officials didn’t have adequate documentation for $519,284 in federal HOME money regarding two housing projects, and they allowed an apparent conflict of interest with a lawyer for the county, according to the federal audit announced Wednesday. The money relates to two forgivable loans given for projects in Rochester and Monaca.

The lawyer, who was identified in the audit only as the solicitor for the county controller’s office and an assistant district attorney, is Al Torrence, a recently announced candidate for county district attorney. Torrence is a limited partner with developer Tony Rosenberger, who converted a commercial building at 262 Connecticut Ave. in Rochester to apartments, a project that used federal money targeted for low-income residents...