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Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Community Development Block Grants Disaster Assistance Funds
"HUD OIG performed the seventh of the ongoing audits of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s (LMDC’s) administration of the $2.783 billion in Community Development Block Grant (Block Grant) Disaster Recovery Assistance funds provided to the State of New York following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. HUD OIG’s audit objectives were to determine whether the LMDC (1)…
September 27, 2006
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#2006-NY-1013
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Community Development Block Grants Disaster Assistance Funds
HUD OIG audited the 2004 Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery funds provided to the State of Florida (State). We selected this grant for review based on risk factors associated with fraud, waste and abuse. HUD OIG's audit objectives were to determine whether the State (1) awarded and disbursed disaster recovery funds in accordance with HUD requirements and (2) implemented adequate procedures for monitoring the projects…
July 26, 2006
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#2006-AT-1014
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Community Development Block Grants Disaster Assistance Funds
HUD OIG performed the sixth of the ongoing audits of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation’s (LMDC’s) administration of the Community Development Block Grant (Block Grant) Disaster Recovery Assistance funds provided to the State of New York following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. HUD has allocated $2.783 billion in Disaster Recovery Assistance funds to the LMDC. OIG’s…
March 31, 2006
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#2006-NY-1006
Mortgage Company President Sentenced for Defrauding Ginnie Mae
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-defunct mortgage company, Mortgage Security, Inc. (MSI), was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to 32 months in prison,…
April 24, 2019
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Former Federal Employee in Albany Charged with Defrauding the Department of Housing and Urban Development
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Timothy J. Oravec, age 59, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was arrested today on charges that he defrauded the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and some of its employees by falsely claiming to have cancer, and obtaining and using leave time donated to him by his colleagues.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Christina Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge…
April 16, 2018
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Mortgage Company President Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Ginnie Mae
BOSTON – The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company pleaded guilty 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, 68, of Falmouth, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and six counts of wire fraud. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf scheduled sentencing for Jan. 5, 2018.
Pena was…
October 04, 2017
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