A Joliet Housing Authority official accused of defrauding the Chicago Housing Authority of nearly $200,000 with her husband’s help was drowning in debt and had filed for bankruptcy around the same time she was hired by the south suburban agency, court records show. In 2010 — just a few years after Read More

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL SERRANO, 47, of West Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to conspiracy charges stemming from his Read More

Jurors will hear final arguments today and begin deliberating whether a Manchester man is guilty of orchestrating an elaborate $13 million mortgage fraud scheme or was just the owner of a failed business, as his lawyers contend. Testimony in the trial of Michael Prieto wrapped up yesterday after Read More

Nikkijam30When the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh was questioned by the city controller, a television station and federal auditors in the past year, it turned to Michael Syme. Mr. Syme, an attorney with Downtown-based Cohen & Grigsby, is one of a handful of top consultants to the Read More

We audited the Blair County Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher program due to a citizen’s complaint alleging that the Authority (1) did not properly calculate housing assistance payments, (2) did not allow tenants to receive disability allowances, and (3) used outdated utility allowance Read More

TRENTON — Shackled at his feet and in the custody of federal marshals, city developer Robert Kahan pleaded not guilty today to 25 counts of bank fraud, mail fraud and fraud against a local government receiving federal benefits. Kahan, 67, was indicted a week and a half ago for allegedly skimming Read More

We audited the City of Worcester’s administration of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.  We selected the City for review based on a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Boston, MA, Office of Community Planning and Development.  The Read More

We audited the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program as part of our strategic plan based on the large amount of HOME funds approved.  The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Authority reported accurate and supported information in the U Read More

We conducted a review of Brownsville Apartments based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Departmental Enforcement Center and the Pittsburgh Office of Multifamily Housing due to concerns that project funds were used inappropriately for purposes other Read More

TAMPA — A rent collector for the Pinellas County Housing Authority stole $23,126 on duty, the federal government charged Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Keomala Phandara Khammanivong, 32, worked at the French Villas public housing complex from 2008 to 2012, a court record states. French Villas is Read More

CANTON — Federal housing officials are requesting Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority either repay or document about $10.5 million in public housing funds which an investigation states was either improperly documented or spent. An audit report, recently released from the U.S. Department of Read More

Lubertha Johnson Estates, one of the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority’s properties for low-income seniors, has problems. Over a year old, there are roof leaks and construction defect issues. The Resident Council president, James Treasure, sent me a list of 22 concerns. On Thursday, the Read More

CONCORD – A number of local residents will be part of the fraud trial of a former Nashua resident. Federal prosecutors filed a list of 49 people they intend to call during Michael Prieto’s mail fraud and money laundering trial, set to begin Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Concord. Prieto is Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) monitoring of grantee compliance with the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) timeliness spending requirement.  The objectives of the audit were to determine whether HUD’s guidance for ensuring compliance with the Read More

We reviewed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program as part of an Office of Inspector General plan to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HUD programs.  The objective of the audit was to determine whether HUD’s guidance for Read More

We completed the 17th audit report in our ongoing review of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s (LMDC) administration of the $2.783 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Assistance funds awarded to the State of New York in the aftermath of the September 11 Read More

FORT WAYNE – A Fort Wayne loan officer pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme. John Carlisle, who was 49 at the time of the February indictment, was scheduled to stand trial next week in federal court in South Bend on a 13-count indictment Read More

TRENTON -- Over the course of building affordable housing in Trenton, developer Robert Kahan misstated his net worth in order to obtain huge loans, then skimmed money from the accounts to buy a condominium in Florida and make repairs on his son’s home, a federal indictment alleged today. The 25 Read More

TRENTON, N.J. – A federal grand jury in New Jersey has indicted the developer of three Trenton affordable housing projects for allegedly diverted money intended for the developments, announced New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. A federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment today Read More

BOSTON (CBS/AP) — The former executive director of the Chelsea Housing Authority who pleaded guilty to charges of trying to hide his inflated salary from state and federal authorities has been sentenced to three years in prison. Michael McLaughlin was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston Read More