The Tacoma, WA, Housing Authority Generally Satisfied RAD Requirements but Did Not Follow Its Moving to Work Policy by Conducting Annual Tenant Reexaminations for Its RAD Converted Units
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Tacoma Housing Authority’s participation in the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) because it had the highest number of completed RAD units and the second highest number of total RAD units Read More
December 21, 2018
Report
#2019-SE-1001
Data Loss Prevention Email Encryption Instructions
A change is coming to the way Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is handled in HUD OIG e-mails to recipients at other organizations. This change impacts outbound emails matching screening filters that look for suspected Social Security Numbers.
It is incumbent upon and Read More
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Information System Controls Over the Integrated Pool Management System
We audited the general controls over the Integrated Pool Management System (IPMS) as part of the internal control assessments required for the fiscal year 2018 financial statements audit under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990. Our objective was to evaluate and assess internal Read More
December 21, 2018
Report
#2019-DP-0001
Final Civil Action: Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC, Settled Allegations of Failing To Comply With HUD’s Federal Housing Administration Loan Requirements
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), assisted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington in the civil investigation of Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC. Read More
December 21, 2018
Memorandum
#2019-CF-1801
The Housing Authority of the City of North Chicago, North Chicago, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD’s Requirements and Its Own Policies Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
We audited the Housing Authority of the City of North Chicago’s Housing Choice Voucher Program based on our analysis of risk factors related to the public housing agencies in Region 5’s jurisdiction and the activities included in our 2018 annual audit plan. Our audit objective was to Read More
December 20, 2018
Report
#2019-CH-1001
HUD’s Use of Contractors
The Federal Government may choose to outsource for products or services using contracts and contractors. HUD-owned and contractor-supported products and services are core to achieving HUD’s mission. In FY 2017, HUD awarded 2,338 contracts, modifications, and task orders valued at $3.9 Read More
December 20, 2018
Report
#2017-OE-0006
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Businessman on Tax Evasion Charges
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a businessman on tax evasion charges for allegedly scheming to evade personal income taxes for three years.
As the owner of the security firm World Security Bureau, ABRAHAM KISWANI, also known as “Ibriham Kiswani,” willfully failed to pay the Read More
December 20, 2018
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3 moms indicted in connection with Facebook scam that raked in over $300K from hundreds of victims across U.S., Canada
(SOURCE: Cleveland19.com) CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A major new development surfaced Wednesday in a lucrative Facebook scam first exposed by a Cleveland 19 undercover investigation in June 2017.
A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted Zienup Sbeih-Maddox, 24, of Cleveland; Kirsten Laurie, 26, of Read More
December 20, 2018
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The Owners of Civic Towers and Civic Towers Senior in Miami, FL, Generally Corrected Section Eight Housing Assistance Payments To Address Duplicate Benefits and Ensured That the Payments Were Eligible and Supported
We audited the Civic Towers, LLLP, and Civic Towers Senior, LLLP, Section 8 project-based housing assistance payment (HAP) program. We selected the Civic Towers and Civic Towers Senior Section 8 project-based properties for review based on a referral from our Office of Investigation regarding Read More
December 14, 2018
Report
#2019-AT-1001
Review of Data Related to Our Report: HUD’s Oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority in Cairo, IL, 2017-OE-0014
On July 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issued a report on HUD’s oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority (ACHA) in Cairo, IL. The report concluded that HUD could and should have done more to oversee the Read More
December 17, 2018
Report
#2017-OE-0014a
Top Management Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2019 and Beyond
Each year, in compliance with Public law 106-531, the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issues a report summarizing what we consider to be the most serious management challenges facing the Department. Read More
November 20, 2018
Top Management Challenges
SAR 80 - Semiannual Report to Congress for the period ending September 30, 2018
The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six-month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant Read More
December 17, 2018
Semiannual Report
#SAR-80
FORMER PRESIDENT OF HARTFORD NONPROFIT PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING FROM HUD PROGRAM
John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN F. HARVIN, 53, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of theft from programs receiving federal funds.
According to court documents Read More
December 12, 2018
News
Press Release
The Housing Authority of the County of Alameda, Hayward, CA, Generally Administered Its Rental Assistance Demonstration in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We audited the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion to the Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program. We selected the Authority because reviews of RAD conversions were aligned with the goals of our annual audit plan. The objective Read More
December 11, 2018
Report
#2019-LA-1002
Fraudsters Sentenced to Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution of More Than $491,000 after a Jury Convicted Them of Federal Charges Related to Foreclosure Prevention Fraud Scheme
Greenbelt, Maryland – On December 3, 2018, U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Michelle Sylethia Jordan, a/k/a Michelle Harris and Michelle Welsh, age 49; and her husband, Michael Paul Anthony Welsh, a/k/a Michael A. Welsh and Michael Paul S. Welsh, age 45, both of Laurel, Maryland, to 57 Read More
December 04, 2018
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Press Release
American Family Housing, Midway City, CA, Administered Its Special Needs Assistance Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We audited American Family Housing’s special needs assistance program funds due to a hotline complaint alleging that the nonprofit used program funds for hotels, spas, raises, and bonuses not related to the program. Our objective was to determine whether the nonprofit administered its program Read More
December 03, 2018
Report
#2019-LA-1001
Dakota County agency under federal investigation
(SOURCE: KSTP.com) A source told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General is now investigating the theft of $270,000 from the Dakota County Community Development Agency.
KSTP first reported in August that 39-year-old CDA employee, Read More
November 30, 2018
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Former manager of Detroit apartment complex pleads guilty to accepting bribes from poor
(SOURCE: clickondetroit.com) DETROIT - A former manager of the Colony Arms apartments in Detroit, Nekicha Redmond, 39, of Oxford, Mississippi, pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
Schneider was joined in the announcement by Brad Geary Read More
November 27, 2018
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Indictment says Cuyahoga Land Bank employee helped company get contracts in exchange for home improvements
(Source: cleveland.com)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A former Cuyahoga Land Bank employee was indicted in federal court on charges that accuse him of helping a demolition company get contracts in exchange for performing improvements to his Cleveland Heights home.
Kenneth Tyson, 48, was indicted on one Read More
November 26, 2018
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Business owner indicted for paying cash bribes to Cleveland demolition employee
The owner of an asbestos removal and demolition business was indicted for paying cash bribes to a Cleveland employee in return for confidential information and preferential treatment regarding jobs for the city.
Eric Witherspoon, 55, of Warrensville Heights, was indicted on two counts of bribery Read More
November 21, 2018
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Press Release