(Source: cbs7.com) MIDLAND- The former Executive Director of the Stanton Housing Authority was sentenced in federal court Thursday morning and forced to pay restitution for their role in embezzlement from the organization. Both Monica Maldonado and her husband Romero were sentenced this Read More

(Source: syracuse.com) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A mortgage bank company owned by the chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature and a former Syracuse city auditor was a victim in a mortgage fraud scheme that stole up to $5 million, according to a federal grand jury indictment. Four New York City people Read More

(Source: OAG NJ) TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy announced that seven additional individuals were charged criminally today with filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy.  Since March 2014, the Attorney General’s Office has filed Read More

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 24 count indictment charging Gregory Gibbons, 50, of Thornwood, NY; Julio Rodriguez, 51, of Bronx, NY; Laurence Savedoff, 42, of New City, NY, and Tina Brown, 40, of Bronx, New York with Read More

(Source: USAO, CT) Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a superseding indictment charging BRADFORD BARNEYS, 50, of Odenton, Maryland, with conspiring with TIMOTHY W. BURKE in a long-running Read More

(Source KAUM News) A former GHURA employee pleads guilty to bribery. Antonia Mayo San Nicolas was indicted last month along with Section 8 landlord Albert Buendicho and Section 8 recipient Mattos Johnson in a bribery scheme.   Mayo pled guilty to three counts of receiving bribes as a 3rd Read More

(Source: USAO, ME) Contact: Donald E. Clark Assistant United States Attorney Tel: (207) 780-3257 Portland, Maine:  United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Timothy P. Gallagher, 46, of Jay, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to federal program fraud. Read More

(Source: USAO, NJ) NEWARK, N.J. – A real estate developer and landlord of commercial buildings in Palisades Park, New Jersey, today admitted soliciting a $50,000 bribe payment to a Palisades Park borough official, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Chung S. Kho, 68, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, Read More

(Source: USAO, NJ) NEWARK, N.J. – A compliance officer with the Union City Community Development Agency (UCCDA) today admitted that he manipulated the contractor selection process for federally funded residential rehabilitation and sidewalk replacement projects, causing losses of $40,000 to $95, Read More

(Source: hotspringsdaily.com) Dear Editor, Friday’s Sentinel Record had an article describing the felony sentencing of the past Hot Springs Housing director Barbara Baer. Baer was sentenced to two years’ probation for embezzlement and fined puny a $500. What is missing from this article is a Read More

(Source: arkansasonline.com) The former executive director of the Hot Springs Housing Authority was ordered in federal court to repay the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development more than $5,500 for collecting twice on travel expenses. Barbara Louise Baer also was sentenced to two years' Read More