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    The Mansfield Housing Authority of Mansfield, Missouri, Misspent Public Housing Funds and Did Not Fulfill Its Section 8 Program Contract Administrator Requirements
    July 09, 2007
    Report
    #2007-KC-1006
    Rocky Mountain Mutual Housing Association, Denver, Colorado, Paid Ineligible Owner Expenses
    April 10, 2007
    Report
    #2007-DE-1005
    Kansas City Man Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud Local Financial Institution
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man who defrauded a local financial institution of $652,784.34 in funds was sentenced in federal court today for bank fraud and money laundering.Maximillian D. Howell, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to a total of 21 months in federal prison without parole.  The court also ordered Howell to pay restitution of $231,841.84 to the financial institution.  In addition, the court…
    Press release
    April 16, 2025
    James B. Nutter & Company to Pay $2.4M for Allegedly Causing False Claims for Federal Mortgage Insurance
    James B. Nutter & Company, a former mortgage lender located in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 by knowingly underwriting Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet…
    Press release
    September 23, 2024
    Independence Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $2.2 Million Fraud Schemes
    Sold Stolen Rental Equipment, Real Estate He Didn’t Own KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for two fraud schemes in which he sold unwitting victims rental equipment and real estate that did not belong to him. Jeremy Ace Woods, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 17 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Woods to pay $798,021 in restitution to 48…
    Press release
    September 20, 2023
    Boulder Man Pleads Guilty To Nearly $32 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
    DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Michael Scott Leslie, age 57, of Boulder, Colorado, pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.  Leslie appeared remotely on a $50,000 unsecured bond, which was continued at the hearing’s conclusion.  The Denver office of the FBI, and the Offices of the Inspector General for both the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and…
    Press release
    July 31, 2020