Cuando observamos un fraude del cual creemos que el público deba enterarse, publicaremos alertas de fraude. Estos cubren tendencias crecientes, esquemas u otra información de inteligencia que descubrimos con respecto a las prácticas delictivas dirigidas al público y aquellos que obtienen servicios Read More

Si bien la mayoría de las compañías que promueven las hipotecas revertidas de la FHA son seguras, hay algunos estafadores hipotecarios que se llevan su dinero, su casa o incluso su identidad. Leer esta alerta es su mejor defensa. Una hipoteca inversa permite a los prestatarios convertir parte del Read More

Este boletín destaca la importancia de la administración y supervisión efectivas de los beneficiarios indirectos o secundarios por parte de los beneficiarios que reciben fondos de la Oficina de Planificación y Desarrollo Comunitario (Community Planning and Development - CPD) del Departamento de Read More

La oficina de Auditoría y Evaluaciones de OIG hace recomendaciones al Departamento de Vivienda y Desarollo Urbano, y a varias entidades independientes para corregir deficiencias e incentivar mejoras a la seguridad, la eficiencia, y el manejo del programa y sus operaciones. Nuestros resultados Read More

We audited the City of Bridgeport CT’s HOME Investment Partnerships program based on an Office of Inspector General risk assessment, which ranked the City as the second highest risk HOME grantee in New England.  The objective of the audit was to determine whether the City properly committed Read More

We audited the Little Rock Housing Authority’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD program).  We initiated this assignment due to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Little Rock Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) field office’s concern about the amount Read More

BOSTON – The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) out of approximately $2.5 million. Robert Pena, 69, the president and founder of the now- Read More

This audit guide is intended to assist independent auditors in performing audits of profit-motivated program participants in selected HUD Housing and Ginnie Mae programs that are subject to HUD’s uniform financial reporting standards (See 24 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 5, Subpart H, and Read More

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, has completed its annual risk assessment of HUD’s purchase cards as required by the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-194) and Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-13- Read More

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Fort Collins Housing Authority’s Village on Redwood Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) project.  We selected the Authority because it had completed the entire RAD conversion process Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gregory J. Darr, 65, of Coshocton, formerly the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Coshocton Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling more than $431,000 from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Read More

We audited the Housing Authority of the County of Stanislaus’ Shelter Plus Care program based on a hotline complaint and concerns expressed by the San Francisco Office of Community Planning and Development regarding the Authority’s lack of documentation to support participant eligibility.  Our Read More

We audited the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino’s Continuum of Care grant funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  We audited the Authority because it is among the top 15 percent of competitive grantees in HUD’s Office of Community Read More

Defendant stole more than $164,000 in housing, health care, and SNAP benefits BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to false representation of a Social Security number and theft of public money.      Noemi Mejia, 51, pleaded guilty to Read More