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Greg Darr suspended as CMHA director
COSHOCTON – The board of the Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority suspended Executive Director Greg Darr indefinitely without pay during a special meeting Tuesday evening.
Lisa Mowery, Section 8 housing coordinator, was named interim director. The board will meet again at 8 a.m. Friday at the Read More
August 29, 2017
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Little information released on housing authority investigation
(Source: coshoctontribune.com) COSHOCTON – Officials are tight lipped regarding an ongoing investigation into the Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority regarding possible misappropriation of funds, however the board was to meet for an emergency meeting Tuesday evening.
The purpose of the Read More
August 29, 2017
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Wethersfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Offense
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that URMILA SRI THAKUR, also known as Urmila Buddhu-Thakur and Indro Buddhu-Thakur, 72, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a money laundering offense stemming from a fraudulent debt Read More
August 29, 2017
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Investigation underway into possible misappropriation of funds at housing authority
COSHOCTON - The Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority is being investigated for misappropriation of funds, according to Lt. Dean Hettinger of the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office.
A search warrant related to a long term investigation of misappropriation of funds was executed shortly after 11 a Read More
August 28, 2017
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Real Estate Investor Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Memphis, TN – A Memphis real estate investor has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney, announced the sentence today.
An indictment returned last September by a federal grand jury Read More
August 27, 2017
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Ambler Man Charged With Defrauding FHA
Eugene Peter Kenworthy, Jr., age 50, of Ambler, PA, was charged today by Indictment with wire fraud, false statements for the purpose of influencing the Federal Housing Administration, aggravated identity theft, and failure to file a tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis Lappen Read More
August 24, 2017
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HUD audit finds accounting deficiencies at West Warwick Housing Authority
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that an audit of the West Warwick Housing Authority found that more than $2 million in “procurements” lacked proper documentation.
Stephen O’Rourke, who started last January as the authority’s new executive Read More
August 24, 2017
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CMHA Police, federal agents raid home of accused nationwide Facebook scammer Zienup Sbeih
(Source: cleveland19.com) CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -
The woman accused in a nationwide Facebook scam operation is in more hot water.
Officers with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department and an agent with the U.S. Office of Inspector General Department of Housing and Urban Read More
August 21, 2017
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HUD Must get Better at Stopping Section 8 Fraud
(source: thetimesherald.com) If true, the allegations against Lorena Loren, the former director of the St. Clair Housing Commission, are disturbing on a number of levels. Federal investigators allege Loren embezzled more than $300,000 from the housing commission between 2008 and 2016, when she Read More
August 14, 2017
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South Texas housing authority travel costs probed
(SOurce: texasmonitor) Trips to Las Vegas and Denver, the rental of a beach house owned by a family member, and taxpayers footing the bill for duplicate travel costs were among the findings of a recent audit of the South Texas-based Weslaco Housing Authority.
The audit — conducted by the U.S. Read More
July 10, 2017
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Former St. Clair Housing Official Charged with Fraud
(Source: thetimesherald.com) The St. Clair Housing Commission’s former executive director is facing a fraud charge for allegedly misusing federal rental assistance funds and commission credit cards to benefit herself and family members.
The charges allege Lorena Loren embezzled more than $ Read More
August 07, 2017
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Cashmere, WA Woman, Owner Of Defunct Real Estate Escrow Firm Indicted For Bank Fraud Totaling $2 Million
(Source: skyvalleychronicle.com) (SEATTLE, WA.) -- The owner of a now defunct Tukwila, WA based real estate escrow firm was indicted last month by a federal grand jury on ten counts of bank fraud, and one count each of mail and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes in Seattle Friday Read More
August 06, 2017
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Former Ft. Myers Housing Director Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Thousands
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Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow
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August 01, 2017
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Couple Sent to Prison for Scheme to Steal HUD Funds Intended for the Cotton Plant Housing Authority
LITTLE ROCK—Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Tracey D. Montaño, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Division, and Phyllis G. Robinson, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Read More
July 31, 2017
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