KBAK Eyewitness News BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in Bakersfield, according to federal prosecutors. Nine people were named in an indictment last summer. Ricardo Fabian Salinas, 34, is scheduled for sentencing next winter, following his plea entry Monday. The maximum sentence for bank fraud is 30 years in prison...

LUMBERTON — As part of a contract with the Pembroke Housing Authority to provide emergency management services to the Lumberton Housing Authority, the authority’s board has named Lemark Harris as Lumberton’s interim executive director. Harris, the executive director of the Pembroke Housing Authority, will temporarily oversee the management of both authorities. The Lumberton Housing Authority has been without an executive director since Feb. 25…

Testimony of the Honorable David A. Montoya, Inspector General, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies on HUD Management Issues (03/14/2013)

Jackson, TN – Kimberly King Harvey, 42, of Soddy Daisy, TN, was sentenced last week to 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen following her guilty plea to one count of aggravated identity theft, one count of mail fraud, and one count of making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. While working as a nurse assistant at Bartlett Nursing Home in Bartlett, TN, King met a co-worker with a name…

Washington — Today, in a press conference with the Department of Justice, the HUD OIG warns the American public to beware of mortgage scam operations. As part of the work under the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF), HUD OIG is partnering with other law enforcement agencies to investigate companies and individuals preying on distressed homeowners seeking foreclosure rescue or loan modification.The FFETF’s Mortgage Fraud Working…

Testimony of The Honorable David A. Montoya Inspector General Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on HUD Management Issues (03/29/2012)