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Transnational Fraud Ring Impersonating U.S. Government Procurement Offices and Officials
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer have identified an ongoing fraud scheme intentionally targeting small businesses, large corporations, government vendors, and contractors for the purpose of Read More
Fraud Bulletins or Alert
Corrective Action Verification on HUD's Purchase Card and Travel Card Programs
HUD OIG is conducting a Corrective Action Verification on two prior HUD OIG audits of HUD's Purchase Card and Travel Card programs. The review will verify if the corrective actions taken by the Department on the recommendations issued under reports, 2020-KC-0001 Purchase Card Audit and 2020- Read More
May 21, 2021
Work Start Notification
#FO-21-0006
HUD Did Not Fully Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) fiscal year 2020 compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) and other Office of Management and Budget guidance. PIIA was enacted to prevent and reduce improper payments and requires each agency’ Read More
May 17, 2021
Report
#2021-AT-0002
Flood Insurance During Servicing
HUD OIG is auditing the risk to the FHA fund from uninsured flood damage. The objective of this audit is to determine whether borrowers of FHA-insured loans maintained proper flood insurance coverage. This audit will cover FHA-insured forward and reverse mortgages active throughout calendar year Read More
May 03, 2021
Work Start Notification
#KC-21-0008
HUD Communication to Homeowners Regarding COVID-19 Policies
HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s proactive communication to homeowners with FHA-insured single family mortgages. The CARES Act and various HUD guidance contain key information that is relevant for homeowners such as details about mortgage loan forbearance protections. Our objective is to Read More
May 02, 2021
Work Start Notification
#NY-21-0006
HUD's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer Quality Assurance Process of Management and Marketing Contracts
HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s contract administration quality assurance processes over its management & marketing contracts. HUD awarded seven firm-fixed price contracts totaling $8.98 billion to five different vendors. The audit objective is to determine whether HUD effectively Read More
May 01, 2021
Work Start Notification
#PH-21-0011
Columbus Woman Sentenced for Embezzling Hud Program Funds, Filing False Income Tax Returns (Source: USAO, SDO)
COLUMBUS – Wendy Harper, 44, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amounts of $588,121.46 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for embezzling HUD program funds Read More
August 25, 2014
News
Press Release
Hickory Man Handed Down 30 Month Prison Sentence In Connection With Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage And Consumer Fraud Scheme (Source: USAO, WDNC)
STATESVILLE, N.C. B Roger Dean Bailey, Jr., 41, or Hickory, N.C. was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for his role in a mortgage and consumer fraud conspiracy involving manufactured and modular homes, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Read More
August 13, 2014
News
Press Release
Mortgage Company Owner Sentenced to over 3 Years in Prison In $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme (Source: USAO, MD)
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Shola Risikat Balogun, age 48, of Upper Marlboro, today to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that she organized and Read More
July 30, 2014
News
Press Release
Two Men Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme (Source: USAO, DC)
WASHINGTON – Edward Dacy, 76, of West Melbourne, Fla., and A. Conrad Austin, 49, of Bowie, Md., have been indicted on conspiracy, bank fraud, and other federal charges
stemming from a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme in which they are accused of assisting their co- Read More
July 22, 2014
News
Press Release
Ex-caseworker in Dallas housing program who traded apartment for sex, lied to feds gets 15 months in federal prison
A former city of Dallas employee who admitted to hindering a federal investigation and trading housing for sex, among other things, will spend 15 months behind bars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office this morning. Lawrence Hart has also been ordered to pay back $8,619.
From 2012 until last Read More
July 16, 2014
News
Article
Four charged with bilking Hurricane Sandy relief funds, N.J. authorities say
TRENTON — Four more New Jersey residents were accused today of lying on applications for federal relief funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to obtain more than $161,000, state authorities said, bringing the total number of those charged since March to a dozen.
Mary Conlin, 51, of West Read More
July 16, 2014
News
Article
Opelousas housing employee gets probation in fraud case
LAFAYETTE — A former employee of the Opelousas Housing Authority was sentenced to two years of probation Friday in a federal investigation of bid-rigging that also snagged the former director and a local contractor.
Garnette L. Thomas, 76, the Housing Authority’s former grant and capital funds Read More
July 15, 2014
News
Article
Audit: Millions misspent by Apache housing agency
The White Mountain Apache Housing Authority misspent millions of federal dollars on entertainment, gift certificates and other improper items, and is so badly managed it should be considered for receivership, according to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development audit released this week Read More
July 13, 2014
News
Article
Former Executive Director of Gallup Housing Authority Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud and Theft Charges
U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico Press Release
ALBUQUERQUE—Two men from Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the United States and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of more than $100,000. The guilty pleas Read More
July 08, 2014
News
Press Release
Former SC State board chair Pinson guilty on racketeering charges
Jonathan Pinson, once chairman of the board of S.C. State University and a high-flying businessman known for multi-million-dollar development projects, was given a new label Thursday by a federal jury: racketeer.
The jury found the Greenville businessman guilty on 29 of 45 felony counts and Read More
July 07, 2014
News
Article
Former Executive Director of NOAH, Stacey Jackson, Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Government Funds and Solicit Kickbacks from Federally Funded Program
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Press Release
United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that STACEY JACKSON, age 47, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to conspiracy to steal federal Read More
July 01, 2014
News
Press Release
Evaluating Public Housing in the U.S.: Reigning in Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement at Public Housing Authorities
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations
Topic: “Evaluating Public Housing in the U.S.: Reigning in Waste, Fraud, Abuse and Mismanagement at Public Housing Authorities."
May 21, 2014
News
Hearing
Investigation of HUD Lobbying Activities
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Investigation of HUD Lobbying Activities
February 26, 2014 - 10:00 a.m., Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2128
February 26, 2014
News
Hearing
Takoma Park Man Pleads Guilty In Two Residential Mortgage Fraud Schemes
This is a USAO District of Maryland Press Release
Greenbelt, Maryland – Mokorya Cosmas Wambura, age 45, of Takoma Park, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from two separate residential mortgage fraud schemes.
The plea agreement Read More
February 12, 2014
News
Press Release