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Date Published
February 09, 2014
News Type
Press Release
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USAO Southern District of Ohio

USAO Southern District of Ohio Press Release

COLUMBUS – Wendy Harper, 44, Columbus, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to embezzling HUD program funds from her employer, Harvest Management Group, Inc, which manages more than 900 units for elderly and disabled people who qualify for HUD assistance. She also pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return.

Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Barry McLaughlin, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD), and Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS) announced the pleas entered today before U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost. 

According to court documents, Harper was responsible for managing payroll and payment functions for the agency. Harper manipulated the system to give herself unauthorized salary increases and unauthorized mileage reimbursements between 2009 and 2012...