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HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Public Housing Agencies’ Compliance With the Lead Safe Housing Rule
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of public housing agencies’ compliance with the Lead Safe Housing Rule. The audit is part of the activities in our fiscal year 2019 audit plan. The audit objective was to determine whether HUD had Read More
March 18, 2020
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#2020-CH-0003
HUD May Be Able To Improve Its Cash Flow Model To Estimate and Reestimate the Credit Subsidy for Cohorts of Mortgages Within the Section 232 Program
We audited the risk to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) General Insurance-Special Risk Insurance (GI-SRI) Fund based on our ongoing effort regarding HUD-insured Section 232 mortgages. Our objective was to determine whether HUD used financial and credit history Read More
March 20, 2020
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#2020-CH-0002
The Housing Authority of the City of Springfield, MA, Did Not Always Comply With Procurement and Contract Administration Requirements
We audited the Springfield Housing Authority’s Public Housing Operating Fund and Capital Fund programs because the Authority ranked fifth highest on our risk assessment of Massachusetts public housing agencies and is the third largest in the State. In addition, we had not audited the Authority in Read More
March 19, 2020
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#2020-BO-1002
Evaluation Notification – The Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of Multifamily Housing Program’s Radon Policies (2020-OE-0003)
The Office of Inspector General is initiating an evaluation of the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and the Office of Multifamily Housing Program (Multifamily)’s policies for radon. We will determine the extent to which PIH and Multifamily’s radon policies protect residents from the Read More
March 16, 2020
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#2020-OE-0003-EN
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, San Juan, PR, Should Strengthen Its Capacity To Administer Its Disaster Grants
We audited the Puerto Rico Department of Housing (PRDOH) in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General’s (HUD OIG) goal to review disaster funding and based on a congressional request for HUD OIG to conduct capacity reviews for Hurricanes Read More
March 16, 2020
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#2020-AT-1002
The Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach, CA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We audited the Housing Authority of the City Long Beach’s Housing Choice Voucher Program based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Los Angeles Office of Public Housing due to concerns regarding its financial activity control weaknesses. The Read More
March 10, 2020
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#2020-LA-1002
Chelsea Landlord Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today a $7,000 settlement with 44 Hawthorne, LLC and its owner, Alek Vienneau, to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the federal government after receiving impermissible excess rent payments from a low income tenant while Read More
March 06, 2020
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The New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, Bedford, NH, Complied With Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
We audited the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority because it was rated high risk on our risk assessment and due to the size of the Authority’s program. It averaged 3,508 vouchers and more than $2.4 million in housing assistance payments monthly. Read More
March 04, 2020
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#2020-BO-1001
Hoboken Woman Arrested For Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Non-Profit
NEWARK, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was arrested today for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to residents of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Yezenia Castillo, Read More
March 02, 2020
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Union County Man Arrested For Mortgage Fraud And Defrauding The Orange Public Library
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested today by federal agents on charges of mortgage fraud and scheming to defraud the Orange Public Library, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Shenandoah Adams Sr., a/k/a “Shane Adams Sr.,” 54, of New Providence, New Jersey, is charged Read More
February 27, 2020
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Owner Of Fraudulent Mortgage Elimination Company Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For $38 Million Fraud Conspiracy
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JACQUELINE GRAHAM was sentenced today to 132 months in prison in connection with a $38 million fraudulent mortgage debt elimination scheme. GRAHAM previously was convicted in June 2019 after Read More
February 28, 2020
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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
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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
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December 19, 2013
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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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Detroit Woman Sentenced for Theft of Funds Earmarked for Lighthouse of Oakland County
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Man Up nonprofit founder admits to fraud
SARASOTA - The founder of a Sarasota nonprofit has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $76,000 in federal money that was supposed to go to internships for teenagers.
As part of a plea agreement filed Thursday in a federal court in Tampa, Lyndon Jones, executive director of Man Up Inc., admitted Read More
December 05, 2013
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