NEWARK, NJ—An inspector at the Union City Community Development Agency (UCCDA) today admitted conspiring with contractors to rig the selection process for home improvement, sidewalk replacement and other projects, causing losses of at least $400,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Johnny Read More

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Edgar Tibakweitira, a/k/a “Edgar Julian,” “Charles Edgar Tibakweitira,” and “Edgar Gaudious Tibakweitira,” age 46, of Severn, Maryland,  today to 57 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for Read More

SALINE CO. -- The directors of a Saline County domestic violence shelter have been charged with falsifying records and stealing funds. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has charged Barbara Wingo, 76, of Golconda, and her daughter, Terrie Wingo-Eichorn, 50, of Elizabethtown, with multiple Read More

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Stephany West (51, Bradenton) today pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, from June 2, Read More

TRENTON -- The owner of a Bayonne plumbing and heating company admitted in federal court today to colluding with other contractors to secure projects funded by federal grants, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. John Youngclaus, 43, of Bayonne, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter Read More

TRENTON, NJ—A Hudson County, New Jersey, man, today admitted to colluding with other contractors to secure projects funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. John Youngclaus, 43, of Bayonne, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. Read More

TOLEDO - A Perrysburg man was among two people indicted last week in federal court for allegedly stealing $1 million from hundreds of people as part of a loan-modification fraud scheme. Christopher J. Howder, 37, Perrysburg, and Jason J. Keating, 36, Toledo, were both indicted for wire fraud in Read More

BOSTON — U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel on Wednesday ordered a Revere woman to pay back the federal agencies she defrauded of more than $88,000. That's the total amount of disability payments and rental assistance that 64-year-old Emily Lardiero received for more than a decade from the Social Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An audit report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Inspector General said the state of Rhode Island "did not properly administer" federal money given through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and "as a result, HUD had no Read More

The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority paid $211,216 for outside legal services that should have been performed by the authority’s in-house lawyer, according to a federal audit that was undertaken a year ago in response to an anonymous hotline complaint. The audit renewed tenant claims that the Read More

Two Toledo-area men were indicted for wire fraud related to stealing more than $1 million from hundreds of people through a fraudulent loan-modification scheme, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Read More

More than $37 million in monthly housing subsidies for needy people ended up in the wrong hands last year because the Department of Housing and Urban Development doesn't know how to verify who's eligible for its program. The housing subsidies are intended for low-income people who meet the " Read More

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Alberic Okou Agodio, age 30, of Bethesda, Maryland, on charges arising from a mortgage fraud scheme in which he used the names of immigrants and students, along with false financial information, to obtain approximately $3.8 million in home Read More

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID J. BERTNAGEL, 41, of Thomaston, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to theft and tax charges stemming from his embezzlement of more than $800,000 from the Read More

PHILADELPHIA – Walter Alston Brown, 47, of Providence Forge, Virginia, and Glen Allen, Virginia, and Cynthia Evette Brown, 53, of Philadelphia, PA, were each sentenced today to 180 months in prison for their roles in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.  Walter Brown was a mortgage Read More

BOSTON – The facilities director of two non-profits which provide support services for developmentally disabled adults and their families was sentenced today in connection with soliciting bribes. Charles Feeney, 60, of Billerica, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Mark L. Wolf to six Read More

Prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment Tuesday against the executive director of the City of Hidalgo Housing Authority and her former secretary, charging them with bribery. A federal grand jury indicted Susana Munguia, 61, of Hidalgo, who headed the Housing Authority — an independent, Read More

MCALLEN, TX—Susana Munguia, 61, and Lubina Pedraza, 54, both of Hidalgo, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and embezzlement and several counts of bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Munguia and Pedraza were former officials with the City of Hidalgo Read More

BEAVER -- Beaver County might need to repay more than $500,000 if it can’t properly document how housing money was used, according to a federal audit.  Additionally, a county-paid lawyer might have had a conflict of interest, the audit report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Read More

Testimony of The Honorable David A. Montoya, Inspector General before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services. Topic: “Exploring Alleged Ethical and Legal Violations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development"