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    Cypress Ridge Apartments, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Owner's Agent Received and Paid More Than $742,000 Contrary to HUD and Regulatory Requirements
    In response to a request from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we audited Cypress Ridge Apartments' use of HUD-insured mortgage loan proceeds and property operating funds governed by a regulatory agreement. William Commercial Property Management (agent) was the management agent and general contractor for the multifamily rehabilitation project under taken with funding insured under Section 221 (d)(4) of the…
    July 30, 2009
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    #2009-FW-1014
    Harry Mortgage Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Overstated the Financial Wherewithal of the Owner and General Contractor and Overestimated the Qualifications of the General Contractor When Underwriting the Cypress Ridge Apartments' $5.87 Million Loan und
    In response to requests from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Senator James Inhofe, we audited the property owner's application and the loan processing and underwriting of the HUD-insured mortgage loan to Greystone Apartments, Inc., for Cypress Ridge Apartments. Harry Mortgage Company, the lender, processed and recommended loan approval under the multifamily accelerated processing (MAP) program. The audit…
    June 26, 2009
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    #2009-FW-1010
    New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Generally Administered Its Cost Allocation, Operating Reserves, and Technology Expenditures as Required
    We completed our review of the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority's (Authority) cost allocation, operating reserves, and technology expenditures. We initiated this survey at the request of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Public Housing. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority properly allocated costs, maintained appropriate reserves, and managed its technology equipment and…
    November 17, 2008
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    #2009-BO-1003
    The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Allowed Its Largest Subrecipient to Expend $1.5 Million in Unsupported CDBG Funding
    We audited the City of Tulsa's (City) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program due to a departmental request. Our initial objective was to determine whether the City expended CDBG funds in accordance with U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rules and regulations. Based upon the initial results, we modified the objective to determine whether the City ensured that its largest subrecipient, the Tulsa Development…
    August 04, 2008
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    #2008-FW-1012
    The Housing Authorities of the City of Konawa, City of Langston, City of Pauls Valley, City of Wynnewood, Town of Cheyenne, and Caddo Electric Cooperative Improperly Awarded Their Management Contracts and Did Not Manage Certain Operations or Administer Fu
    At the request of HUD, we audited Green River Management, Inc., (Green River) which managed the Housing Authorities of the City of Konawa, City of Langston, City of Pauls Valley, City of Wynnewood, Town of Cheyenne, and Caddo Electric Cooperative. Our objective was to determine whether the housing authorities appropriately procured Green River as their management agent, maintained properties, and carried out their financial responsibilities in…
    October 26, 2007
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    #2008-FW-1001
    Six Oklahomans Charged with Cares Act Fraud
    OKLAHOMA CITY – Earlier this week, a criminal indictment was unsealed charging six Oklahoma residents with fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On August 16, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a sealed, 28-count indictment against MARQUITA DESHAWN SHAW, 39, and AMIE STREET, 39, both of Lawton, Oklahoma, and COREY DONTA SHAW, 40, ERIC…
    Press release
    September 01, 2023
    Former Madill Housing Authority Executive Director Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Embezzlement of Over $450,000 of HUD Housing Authority Money
    Charley Rember, Jr.,52, former Executive Director of Madill Housing Authority in Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced on January 26, 2022, to 8 years in prison (2 years suspended) and ordered to pay more than $477,000 in restitution and fines for embezzlement of over $450,000 of government money to support his gambling habit. The sentencing was announced by Judge Wallace Coppedge, District Court of Marshall County, Oklahoma. The case was…
    Press release
    February 10, 2022