Based on a complaint and a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (HUD PIH), we audited the Bay City Housing Authority, Bay City, TX.  The complainant’s allegations included improper procurement of an attorney and board meetings Read More

HUD OIG is conducting an audit of HUD’s compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA).  HUD is required to review all programs and activities they administer that may be susceptible to significant improper payments and publish payment integrity information in its Annual Read More

La Oficina de Asesoría Jurídica (OLC) provee asesoramiento legal y normativo independiente al IG y a todos los componentes de la OIG en una variedad de asuntos sustantivos y de procedimiento relacionados con las actividades de auditoría, evaluación e investigación de la OIG. OLC también se asocia Read More

OFICINA DE ADMINISTRACION La Oficina de Administración (OM) se compone de cinco divisiones. OM proporciona apoyo a la misión en las áreas de capital humano; relaciones laborales; adquisición; presupuesto y gestión financiera; y apoyo logístico administrativo. OM trabaja en conjunto con otras Read More

La IG y su personal de su oficina principal brindan liderazgo ejecutivo y establecen una dirección estratégica para un personal nacional de abogados, auditores, evaluadores, investigadores y profesionales de apoyo, que realizan revisiones e investigaciones independientes de y para HUD, sus Read More

La Oficina de Evaluación (OE) proporciona información útil para HUD y OIG impulsar el éxito de la misión. La OE desarrolla evaluaciones independientes de manera oportuna, creíble y constructiva para gerentes, aquellos responsables de elaborar la política correspondiente, partes interesadas y otros Read More

La Oficina de Auditoría (OA, por sus siglas en inglés) realiza auditorías de las operaciones de HUD y de sus socios de programas que llevan a cabo cientos de programas y actividades de HUD. OA consta de 4 divisiones de sede, 8 oficinas regionales y 25 oficinas exteriores. Los funcionarios de HUD, Read More

La Oficina de Investigación (OI) lleva a cabo investigaciones penales y administrativas para prevenir el fraude, desperdicio y abuso en los programas de HUD. OI tiene 7 oficinas regionales y 39 oficinas exteriores. El equipo altamente calificado de OI consiste en investigadores criminales con Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) HUD’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Community Development Block Grants (CDBG-CV) program.  The CARES Act provided $4.9 billion in CCDBG-CV funds to be used to prevent, prepare for, Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of voucher utilization and reallocation in the Housing Choice Voucher Program based on the HUD Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report on HUD’s top management challenges for fiscal year 2020 and HUD’s strategic Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of grants funded through its resident home-ownership program under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, based on the results we reported for HUD’s program grants for Carmen- Read More

We audited the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s (Commonwealth) administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) based on a referral from the Louisville, KY, Office of Community Planning and Development and in accordance with our Read More

John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYLL HARMON, 44, of Stratford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bankruptcy fraud. According to court documents Read More

We audited general and application controls over the Ginnie Mae Financial Accounting System (GFAS) as part of the internal control assessments required for the fiscal year 2017 financial statements audit under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990.  Our objective was to review internal Read More

CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago has charged two suburban mortgage brokers with fraudulently operating a purportedly independent appraisal management company to control property valuations, and brokering fraudulent loans to finance real estate transactions between themselves and Read More

(Source: whyy.org) New Jersey authorities charged criminally this week four more people with filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy, state law enforcement officials announced. State authorities have charged 104 people for allegedly engaging in this type Read More

HUD has a contract with Leidos Innovations Corporation for E-Discovery services using the E-Discovery Management System.  The process for collecting electronically stored information (ESI) and delivering it to customers has two major subprocesses: (1) an initial ESI collection and (2) a Read More

(Source: buffalonews.com) Stephanie W. Cowart, former executive director of the Niagara Falls Housing Authority, admitted Wednesday to working with her son and daughter-in-law to steal $17,580 from the authority and the state. Cowart, who appeared before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, Read More

Buffalo, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Stephanie W. Cowart, 58, of Grand Island, NY, pleaded guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison Read More

(Source: southoldlocal.com) The owners of a waterfront home in New Suffolk have been arrested by federal authorities on charges of making false and fraudulent statements in applications for federal assistance following Hurricane Sandy. William Grella and Gary Osborne, owners of the home at 1200 Read More