The Puerto Rico Department of Housing Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs evaluate PRDOH’s risk exposure and tolerance as part of HUD’s program-specific fraud risk assessment for disaster grant programs.
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The Puerto Rico Department of Housing Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs coordinate with HUD’s Chief Risk Officer to (1) provide training and technical assistance to PRDOH with a focus on the design, implementation, and performance of fraud risk assessments, and (2) establish a fraud risk management Read More
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The Puerto Rico Department of Housing Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs assess whether grantees have mature fraud risk management programs within the disaster recovery and mitigation programs.
Open Recommendation
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs determine the fraud risk exposure in HUD's disaster recovery and mitigation programs and work with grantees to implement appropriate fraud mitigation activities.
Open Recommendation
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Develop a plan and a timeline that ensures all due and payable partial claims are transferred to the FOC, and subsequently processed by the FOC.
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Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Develop and implement procedures to i) monitor the transfer of due and payable partial claims from NSC to the FOC for collection, ii) determine the financial statement impact of not referring due and payable partial claims to the FOC, and iii) decide when FHA will record a reclassification entry Read More
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Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Consider accounting implications to the gross HECM loans receivable balance for the $20 million lost in security interests.
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Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Record an adjusting entry to remove the duplicate $44 million from the gross HECM loans receivable balance as of September 30, 2023.
Open Recommendation
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Identify and remove all duplicate transactions from the accounting module and prevent future occurrences.
Open Recommendation
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Develop and enhance training for servicing the HECM portfolio.
Open Recommendation
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Develop corrective procedures to bring the HECM portfolio servicing current, initiate collection proceedings for due and payable loans, redeem the tax certificates for properties for which FHA lost its security interest, and implement a solution to monitor tax payments to prevent tax delinquencies Read More
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HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Monitoring of Civil Rights Compliance
HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Community Planning and Development's monitoring of civil rights compliance. Fair housing and civil rights are critical in making sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice. The audit objective is to assess the extent to which HUD's Office Read More
Diciembre 01, 2023
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Man Convicted of Obtaining Money by Threat From Strip Club in Chicago Suburb
CHICAGO — A man has been convicted in federal court of obtaining money by threat from a strip club in a Chicago suburb.ROMMELL KELLOGG, 71, of Harvey, Ill., was convicted Monday on all five counts against him, including conspiracy to commit theft and intimidation and causing the use of facilities Read More
Diciembre 12, 2023
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Property owner sentenced for lying about lead hazards
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Angel Elliot Dalfin, 58, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of making a false document, was sentenced to serve five years’ probation, to include eight months of home confinement with electronic monitoring, by U.S. District Judge Read More
Noviembre 13, 2023
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Laredo salesman sent to prison for fraud conspiracy costing HUD $1M in losses
LAREDO, Texas – A 38-year-old man was sentenced for his role in a complex mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Edmundo De La Torre pleaded guilty April 19 to orchestrating a mortgage fraud scheme in which he altered hundreds of documents to get otherwise unqualified Read More
Noviembre 28, 2023
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Disaster Recovery Fraud
EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT: In several HUD programs, administrators and participants may be entrusted with cash or assets and take them for their personal use. There are many ways they may embezzle, from simply taking money from the cash drawer or writing checks to cash, to more elaborate Read More
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Sexual Misconduct in Housing
Sexual Misconduct in HousingHUD OIG is expanding its efforts to ensure tenants who receive rental assistance from HUD are protected from sexual misconduct in housing. Our most important partner in this fight is YOU!You have the right to be protected. Together we can protect our communities from Read More
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SAR 90 - HUD OIG Semiannual Report to Congress for the period April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023
The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six-month period. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and Congress fully informed of significant Read More
Noviembre 30, 2023
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Atlantic City Woman Admits Defrauding Elderly Victims
CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic City woman today admitted engaging in a fraudulent scheme through which she defrauded elderly victims of over $100,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.Victoria Crosby, 46, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2023, before U.S. Read More
Noviembre 17, 2023
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