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The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program, House of Representatives Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD). Jeremy Kirkland, Counsel to the Inspector General was a Read More
October 17, 2019
News
Hearing
Hoboken Man Admits Participating In Voter Bribery Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Hoboken, New Jersey, today man admitted his role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme during a municipal election in Hoboken, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
William Rojas, 69, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal Read More
October 08, 2019
News
Press Release
The City of Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department, Detroit, MI, Did Not Administer Its Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program in Accordance With HUD’s Requirements
We audited the City of Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department’s Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program based on our analysis of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes’ grantees in Region 5’s jurisdiction.[1] Read More
October 02, 2019
Report
#2020-CH-1001
Palm Beach County Housing Authority, West Palm Beach, FL, Did Not Support and Spend HUD Funds According to Regulations
We audited the Palm Beach County Housing Authority in West Palm Beach, FL, based on concerns raised by news articles stating that the Authority dismissed its former executive director because of financial misconduct and ethical violations. The concerns included bonuses paid and payments for Read More
September 30, 2019
Report
#2019-AT-1006
FHA Insured at Least $13 Billion in Loans to Ineligible Borrowers With Delinquent Federal Tax Debt
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured loans from fiscal year 2018. Our audit objective was to determine whether FHA provided insurance on loans that were made to ineligible, delinquent Read More
September 30, 2019
Report
#2019-KC-0003
The Taylor Housing Commission, Taylor, MI, Did Not Always Comply With HUD’s and Its Own Requirements for Its Program Household Files
We audited the Taylor Housing Commission’s Housing Choice Voucher Program based on our analysis of risk factors relating to public housing agencies in Region 5’s jurisdiction (States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). Our audit objective was to determine whether the Read More
September 30, 2019
Report
#2019-CH-1004
The Texas General Land Office, Jasper, TX, Did Not Ensure That Its Subrecipient Administered Its Disaster Grant in a Prudent and Cost-Effective Manner
We audited the Texas General Land Office’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant that it used to rehabilitate or reconstruct 125 homes affected by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Texas General Land Office contracted with the Deep East Texas Council of Governments, in Read More
September 30, 2019
Report
#2019-FW-1007
Former LHA Director Walter Guillory faces bribery, fraud charges
Former Lafayette and Opelousas Housing Authority Executive Director Walter Guillory has been indicted on federal bribery and wire fraud charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed charges against Guillory, who was forced to resign as LHA director Oct. 25, 2010, following an audit that Read More
December 26, 2013
News
Article
Developer Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison for Orchestrating Massive Mortgage Fraud Involving over $7 Million in Loss
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz - District of Massachusetts
DEVELOPER SENTENCED TO 12.5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING MASSIVE MORTGAGE FRAUD INVOLVING OVER $7 MILLION IN LOSS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CHRISTINA DiIORIO-STERLING
PHONE: (617)748-3356
E-MAIL: Read More
December 19, 2013
News
Press Release
Waterford woman to be sentenced in theft from homeless aid program
An Oakland County woman who admits stealing $380,000 from a program for the homeless is facing two years or more in prison.
Linda Linseman is a former state employee. She's returning to Detroit federal court Tuesday, four months after pleading guilty to theft of government property.
The plea deal Read More
December 19, 2013
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Article
Detroit Woman Sentenced for Theft of Funds Earmarked for Lighthouse of Oakland County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2013
Linda Linseman, 56, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 32 months imprisonment by Judge Robert H. Cleland for her theft of more than $385,000 in Federal and State grant funds designated to Lighthouse of Oakland, a non-profit organization in Read More
December 17, 2013
News
Press Release
The City of Norfolk, VA, Generally Failed To Justify Its Community Development Block Grant Activities
We audited the City of Norfolk’s Community Development Block Grant program based on our annual audit plan and a risk analysis, which indicated that the City had the most open activities in Virginia. Our objective was to determine whether the City justified its program activities by ensuring Read More
December 15, 2013
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#2014-PH-1001
Waterford Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Leading Extensive Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE GUZMAN, 53, of Waterford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating an Read More
December 18, 2013
News
Press Release
Contractor sentenced for over-billing Road Home subsidiary
A New Orleans-based contractor who admitted to over-billing a Road Home subsidiary $236,000 was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to two-and-a-half years in prison.
Praveen Kailas, a prominent and politically connected contractor, admitted to overbilling the state's Small Rental Property Read More
December 18, 2013
News
Article
SAR 70 - Semiannual Report to Congress for period ending September 30, 2013
The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant Read More
December 19, 2013
Semiannual Report
#SAR 70
La Joya Housing Authority Director Claims Investigation is Politically Driven
LA JOYA - The director of the La Joya Housing Authority says a federal investigation into his businesses may have been politically motivated.
"It gets pretty dirty, they'll use whatever they want to distract the voters and trying to change, outcome (sic)," Juan Jose Garza said.
Federal agents Read More
December 17, 2013
News
Article
Additional Details To Supplement Our Report on HUD’s Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012 (Restated) Financial Statements
We are required to annually audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 as amended. This report supplements our report on the results of our audit of HUD’s principal financial Read More
December 14, 2013
Report
#2014-FO-0003
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012
In accordance with the Government Corporation Control Act as amended (31 U.S.C. 9105), the Office of Inspector General engaged the independent certified public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to audit the fiscal years 2013 and 2012 financial statements of the Federal Housing Read More
December 11, 2013
Report
#2014-FO-0002
Audit of Government National Mortgage Association’s (Ginnie Mae) Financial Statement for Fiscal Years 2013 and 2012
In accordance with the Government Corporation Control Act as amended (31 U.S.C. 9105), the Office of Inspector General engaged the independent certified public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to audit the fiscal years 2013 and 2012 financial statements of the Government National Read More
December 04, 2013
Report
#2014-FO-0001
First person convicted in federal mortgage broker fraud investigation ordered to pay HUD $45,707
MOBILE, Alabama – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a woman to pay restitution to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of an ongoing mortgage fraud prosecution the Midtown Mortgage brokerage.
In June, 27-year-old Delaine Williams pleaded guilty to falsifying a mortgage Read More
December 12, 2013
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Article