East Chicago Contractor Indicted on Counterfeit Charges
(Source: The Times) HAMMOND — A contractor hired in 2013 to improve Gary Housing Authority properties was indicted last week on charges alleging he provided counterfeit financial documents to secure the $347,950 contract.
Ashley D. Dunlap, 54, of East Chicago, faces two counts of counterfeiting securities of a private entity, according to U.S. District Court records.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in July 2013 approved…
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April 30, 2017
East Chicago Man Indicted for Using Counterfeit Securities to Defraud Gary Housing Authority
HAMMOND- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced an indictment charging Ashley D. Dunlap, 54, of East Chicago, Indiana with two counts of uttering a counterfeit security.
The indictment alleges, in July 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved federal funding for building renovations at the Delaney and Dorie Miller public housing projects operated by Gary Housing Authority (GHA). Dunlap’s…
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April 30, 2017
Feds say Jasper Housing Director abused capacity, misused equipment and money
(Source: kjas.com) Federal authorities have announced that they have just completed an investigation of The Jasper Housing Authority and its executive director, John Molt, and the feds say they have discovered a pattern of abuse of capacity, misused equipment, and over $91,000.00 in misused funds, and they say they’re demanding that it all be paid back.
In a report released by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States…
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April 30, 2017
Former Housing Authority CFO Pleads Guilty
Source: victoriaadvocate.com
By Jessica Priest
April 4, 2017 at 10:42 p.m.
Updated April 5, 2017 at 6 a.m
Upcoming court dates for other defendants
Debra Smith Gillespie, former executive director, May 3
Roger Earl Clark, maintenance director, May 1
David Keith Norrell, contractor, May 1
Robert Berry, contractor, May 15
Terre Horvath-Berry, wife of Robert Berry, May 15
One of six people charged with stealing from the Victoria Housing…
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April 09, 2017
Former GHURA Employee Sentenced for Receiving Bribes
(Source: www.guampdn.com) A judge sentenced a former employee of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority to 1 year and 1 day in prison for accepting bribes, but she will only spend 30 days behind bars.
Antonia Mayo-San Nicolas admitted to taking bribes from tenants to qualify them for the federally-funded Section 8 housing program when she was a housing specialist for GHURA. Court documents state she took bribes between September 2014 and…
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April 04, 2017
Indictment of former GHURA legal counsel followed 'arduous' investigation
(Source: The Guam Daily Post) Former Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority legal counsel Mark Smith denied to the GHURA board any financial interest that conflicted with his role with the agency, but an indictment alleged that he did have a conflict, which he tried to disguise through a series of allegedly fraudulent bank and real estate transactions.
In March 2011, Smith executed a contract with GHURA to serve as its legal counsel, and "…
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March 21, 2017
Smith and Wong indicted for 56 counts; under investigation by FBI
(Source: Kaum News) Unsealed in the District Court of Guam today, two men have been indicted in the federal court for 56 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and theft of government property, to name a few. Attorney Mark Smith was hired by GHURA as legal counsel in March 2011, and was prohibited from receiving funds directly or indirectly during his term.
Court documents state he was a landlord under the Section 8 program and worked…
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March 20, 2017
HUD Oversight and Management Issues - 2017
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
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March 15, 2017
Victoria Housing Authority fires executive director
Source: Source: Victoria Advocate)
By Jessica Priest
March 7, 2017 at 10:36 p.m.
The Victoria Housing Authority is in the midst of its fourth management shake- up in about two years.
Its board of directors fired Louis Boldt during a Feb. 28 meeting.
Boldt replaced longtime executive director Debbie Gillespie, who resigned in October 2015 after the Office of Inspector General found the housing authority had mismanaged more than $780,000 from…
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March 08, 2017
Property Manager Of Poughkeepsie Housing Project Sentenced For Stealing HUD Funds
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CARL IMMICH, formerly the property manager of Harriet Tubman Terrace Apartments, a Section 8 Housing Complex in Poughkeepsie, New York, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. United States District Judge Cathy Seibel imposed today’s sentence.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Repeatedly and routinely, Carl Immich stole…
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February 13, 2017
Cleveland-area contractor sentenced to prison for paying workers criminally low wages
(Source: cleveland.com) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland-area contractor who paid his employees criminally low wages while working on projects for the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison.
Marcus Butler, who operated of L & B Electric of Northeast Ohio, lied on forms between 2011 and 2013 and said he paid his employees $126,514.80 more than he actually had when doing subcontracting work…
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January 17, 2017
Officials: Man pretended to be Marine, defrauded VA $123K
(Source: cincinnati.com) A man was indicted in federal court Tuesday on allegations he defrauded the Department of Veteran Affairs more than $123,000 between April of 2015 and October of 2016, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
Shawn Oliger, 43, of Cincinnati, said he served in the Marine Corps from 1990 to 1993 and applied for disability compensation, medical care and housing, according to the affidavit filed in by Todd Springer…
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January 10, 2017
Orange man ordered to repay $134K in West Haven Housing Authority scheme
(Source: nhregister.com) BRIDGEPORT >> A former West Haven Housing Authority employee has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $130,000 in restitution for his role in encouraging the organization to enter into contracts with close friends who owed him money.
John Sandella, 54, of Orange, pleaded guilty in September to one count of receipt of compensation with the unlawful intent to defeat the purposes of the U.S. Department of…
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December 28, 2016
Boston Cab Dispatcher and Wife Sentenced for Marriage Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Boston Cab dispatcher and his wife were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with arranging a sham marriage for an Ethiopian relative so he could obtain legal status in the United States.
Girma Tilahun, 61, a dispatcher for EJT Management, Inc., which operates Boston Cab, and his wife, Wudnesh Wolde, 54, both of Cambridge, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper to two years of probation and…
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December 20, 2016
Former Framingham Housing Authority Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Rent Payments
BOSTON – A Milford woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with embezzling over $70,000 in rent payments owed to the Framingham Housing Authority (FHA).
Rosa A. Famania, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling money from an agency receiving federal funds. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for March 14, 2017.
In February 2010, Famania began…
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December 14, 2016
Former Framingham Housing Authority Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Rent Payments
(Source: framinghamsource.com) BOSTON – A Milford woman pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with embezzling over $70,000 in rent payments owed to the Framingham Housing Authority.
Rosa A. Famania, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling money from an agency receiving federal funds.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for March 14, 2017.
In February 2010, Famania began working…
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December 14, 2016
Omaha Housing Authority Employees are not Accused in Bribery Case
(Source: omaha.com) A Section 8 landlord’s alleged bribery of Omaha Housing Authority employees was reported immediately, and no Housing Authority employees are accused of any wrongdoing, the prosecutor in the case said Friday.
Jan Sharp, chief criminal prosecutor of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nebraska, said the Housing Authority cooperated fully with the investigation into the alleged bribery by longtime Omaha landlord Lafi Jafari and his…
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November 28, 2016
Rock Island Housing Authority Ordered to Reimburse $600,000 to HUD
(Source: rockislandtoday.com) The Rock Island Housing Authority has been asked to reimburse more than $600,000 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), according a report from The Edgar County Watchdogs in Illinois Leaks.
The housing authority did not comply with the HUD regulations regarding its Housing Choice Voucher and Family Self-Sufficiency programs.
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (USOIG) released its…
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November 28, 2016
La Joya Housing Authority board suspends executive director, plans to terminate him
(Source: valleycentral.com) The La Joya Housing Authority board suspended Executive Director J.J. Garza on Saturday afternoon -- and plans to terminate him.
Faced with a federal investigation, the board voted to suspend Executive Director Juan Jose "J.J." Garza, 48, of La Joya without pay.
San Antonio-based attorney Mark Anthony Sanchez Sr. advised the board to quickly schedule a follow-up meeting to terminate Garza.
"You're beset with a series…
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November 28, 2016
Former Chairman of the Village Of Hempstead Housing Authority Indicted In Connection with Bid Rigging and Kickback Scheme
A four-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Cornell Bozier with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and three substantive counts of federal program bribery. From April 2011 to April 2013, Bozier served as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners (the Board) at the Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (the VHHA). …
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November 10, 2016