WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Attorney Julianne E. Murray announced that on August 8, 2025,  Karen D. Wilder, age 39, and her husband, Renwick L. Davis, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, pleaded guilty to theft of public funds for embezzling approximately $600,000 as employees of the Dover Interfaith Read More

SOUTH BEND – Tonya R. Winston, 59 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was found guilty after a three-day jury trial presided over United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Winston on Read More

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for loan selection, including documenting how loan selections were determined.

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for (1) loan file reviews, including requirements to reverify borrower information, obtain appraisal field reviews, and complete reviews in a timely manner; (2) assessment of findings; (3) reporting findings Read More

Provide annual training to its staff and management on HUD requirements for lender QC programs and provide proof of training to HUD.

Review the 101 EPD loans not previously selected for review and submit the results to HUD, including any findings of fraud, material misrepresentations, or other material findings that it is unable to mitigate. If required, Neighborhood Loans should execute indemnification agreements or Read More

Review its QC files for up to the 432 loans with post-closing reviews in which it may not have performed complete reverifications of borrower information and reverify information where appropriate. Neighborhood Loans should then evaluate the risk of any new findings identified, and if required, Read More

Evaluate its QC files for the 59 loans with EPD reviews in which it did not assess the risk of findings identified to confirm whether it self-reported to HUD all findings of fraud or material misrepresentation, along with any other material findings that its records did not show had been Read More

Evaluate its QC files for the 96 loans in which it identified material findings to confirm whether it self-reported to HUD all findings of fraud or material misrepresentation, along with any other material findings that its records did not show have been acceptably mitigated. If required, Read More

Provide indemnification agreements or documentation to support the one loan in which it missed material deficiencies and the three loans in which it identified material misrepresentations or other material findings that it did not acceptably mitigate or self-report to HUD. Implementation of this Read More

A former Amarillo city employee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $121,000 from a federal program that provided housing for homeless individuals, announced Acting United States Attorney Nancy E. Larson.Vanessa Robinson, 35, was a Grant Manager for the City of Read More

August 4, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg responding to a request from the Ranking Member Blumenthal, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to review DOGE activities within HUD.   

CLEVELAND – A Cleveland woman who conspired with an elected public official to defraud local nonprofits has been sentenced.Sinera Unique Jones, aka Sinera McCoy, 46, has been sentenced to three years of probation with two months of home detention by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko, after Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured multifamily property in Maryland.  The property owner manages units in accordance with its regulatory agreement which includes restrictions on the use of project funds and assets.  Our objective is to determine whether Read More

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC) fatal errors related to its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. Fatal errors, which result from inaccurate or incomplete data, are serious in nature and prevent PHAs from submitting data from HUD form 50058 Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured multifamily property in California. The property owner manages units in accordance with its regulatory agreement which includes restrictions on the use of project funds and assets. Our objective is to determine whether the property Read More

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for loan selection, including maintaining data and documenting how sample sizes and loan selections were determined.

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for (1) loan file reviews, including requirements to obtain new credit reports, reverify borrower information, and obtain appraisal field reviews; (2) documenting review results, including maintaining data on Read More

Provide annual training to its staff and management on HUD requirements for lender QC programs and provide proof of training to HUD.

Review the six EPD loans not previously selected for review and submit the results to HUD, including all findings of fraud or material misrepresentation, along with any other material findings that it is unable to mitigate. If required, Flat Branch should execute indemnification agreements or Read More