The Municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Needs to Improve Its Community Development Block Grant Program Administration
April 11, 2007
Report
#2007-AT-1007
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Did Not Effectively Administer Its Section 8 Housing Program
March 29, 2007
Report
#2007-AT-1005
Nevada U.S. Attorney's Office And HUD Office Of Inspector General Co-Host Roundtable On Sexual Harassment In Housing
LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General hosted a roundtable yesterday for community members and organizations on Sexual Harassment in Housing.“Tenants should feel safe and not live in fear of sexual harassment, sexual assault or sexual exploitation by their landlord or other people who…
Press release
April 25, 2024
Man Indicted and Arrested for Child Exploitation
FBI continues with the investigation and is searching for possible victims.SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Ángel Alexis Vázquez Sánchez, 25, of Jayuya, PR, for child exploitation.According to court documents, from December 2021 throughout May 2023, Ángel Alexis Vázquez Sánchez sexually exploited four different minor females, between the ages of 12 and 16, with the intent…
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March 05, 2024
Two Business Owners Pleaded Guilty to Federal Program Theft in Relation to the Misappropriation of Operational Funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Martin D. Cruz-Vázquez, President of FiveStar Pest Control Inc. (FiveStar), and Luis O. Agosto-Meléndez, President of CoolBreeze Air Conditioning, Inc. (CoolBreeze) pleaded guilty to the theft of federal program funds provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the administration of Public Housing Projects (PHPs) in Puerto Rico.According to court documents, Martin D. Cruz-Vázquez…
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January 22, 2024
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General Audit of the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s Fraud Risk Management Practices
WASHINGTON DC— Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit report that found the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s (PRDOH) needs to enhance its fraud risk management practices to better protect over $20 billion in grant funding provided through HUD’s disaster recovery programs in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
HUD OIG’s audit found that PRDOH’s fraud risk…
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October 31, 2023
Walter Pierluisi Isern, Eduardo Pierluisi Isern, and American Management and Administration Corporation Sentenced for Federal Program Theft in Excess of $3.7 Million
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Today, United States District Court Judge Camille Vélez Rivé sentenced Walter Pierluisi Isern, Eduardo Pierluisi Isern, and American Management and Administration Corporation (AMAC). The defendants pleaded guilty in April to one count of Theft of Federal Program Funds in relation to the misappropriation of operational funds provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the…
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July 11, 2023
40 Members of a Violent Gang Charged With Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in San Juan, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On June 8, 2023, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 40 violent gang members from the municipality of San Juan with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and firearms violations, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. This investigation was led by the FBI…
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June 14, 2023
Walter Pierluisi Isern, Eduardo Pierluisi Isern, and American Management and Administration Corporation Pleaded Guilty to Federal Program Theft in Excess of $3.7 Million and Agreed to a Restitution Order for All Illegal Proceeds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Walter Pierluisi Isern, Eduardo Pierluisi Isern, and American Management and Administration Corporation (AMAC) pleaded guilty today to one count of Theft of Federal Program Funds in relation to the misappropriation of operational funds provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the administration of public housing projects (PHPs) in Puerto Rico.
According to court…
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April 13, 2023
Former Municipal Director of Finance Pleads Guilty to Misappropriation of $2.5 Million
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Defendant Victor Cruz-Quintero pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Marcos E. López to one count of misappropriation of government funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
On or about October 28, 2014, defendant Victor Cruz-Quintero used his position as the…
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July 15, 2022
Former Regional Director Of Non-Profit Corporation Sentenced For Bribery Conspiracy Involving Federal Funds
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A former regional director of community development for the National Community Stabilization Trust — formed in 2008 in response to the national mortgage-housing foreclosure crisis — was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
“The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entrusts non-profit organizations to administer HUD…
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August 04, 2021