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    Canton Woman Admits Defrauding HUD Section 8 Housing Program
    Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONNA CARNEY, 67, of Canton, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport to one count of theft of government property. According to court documents and statements made in court,  in approximately 1995, Carney began receiving Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance under the housing choice voucher program of…
    Press release
    October 12, 2022
    Wife of Former West Haven City Employee Admits Role in Scheme to Steal COVID Relief Funds
    Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAUREN DiMASSA, formerly known as LAUREN KNOX, 38, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from her role in a scheme to steal COVID relief funds from the City of West Haven. According to court documents and statements made in court, DiMassa conspired with her husband,…
    Press release
    July 12, 2022
    West Haven City Employee Admits Role in Scheme to Steal Covid Relief Funds
    Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN BERNARDO, 66, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from his role in a scheme to steal COVID relief funds from the City of West Haven. According to court documents and statements made in court, Bernardo was employed by the City of West Haven as a Housing…
    Press release
    June 14, 2022
    Former Property Manager Pleads Guilty to Theft from Federally Subsidized Housing Complexes
    Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALICIA GARDNER, 51, of Griswold, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to embezzling money from federally subsidized housing complexes that she had managed. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gardner was employed by Garden Homes Management Corporation…
    Press release
    June 03, 2021
    Middle Tennessee Investors To Pay $200,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding HUD Program
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 22, 2021 – Laziza Abdullaeva and Aziz Ashurov of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations involving misrepresentations in their purchases of certain properties from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Mary Jane Stewart, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today.  On December 30, 2019, relators William Worrall and…
    Press release
    March 22, 2021