The OIG investigation focused on the Cairo, IL, based Alexander County Housing Authority's (ACHA) improper usage of HUD subsidized Asset Management Project (AMP) funds with prosecutorial consideration being given to 18 USC 666 (Theft, Intentional Misapplication of Funds), 18 USC 1001, (False Read More

The OIG investigation focused on the Cairo, IL, based Alexander County Housing Authority's (ACHA) improper usage of HUD subsidized Asset Management Project (AMP) funds with prosecutorial consideration being given to 18 USC 666 (Theft, Intentional Misapplication of Funds), 18 USC 1001, (False Read More

BOSTON – A Roxbury man identified as John Doe was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Boston of using another person’s identity for over 40 years. John Doe, whose true identity is unknown, was convicted of aggravated identity theft; using a passport obtained through false statements; stealing Read More

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Timothy J. Oravec, age 60, formerly an employee at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Albany, New York, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to serve four months imprisonment and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Read More

We audited the multifamily Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program at the Northline Point Apartments.  We selected Northline Point in accordance with our goal to review the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) multifamily housing programs and because of a Read More

Pacific Medical Buildings LLC (PMB), PMB Lakeway LLC, RD Development Partners LLC, Lakeway Management LLC, J&L Rush Family Partnership LP, Jeff Rush, and Brad Daniel have agreed to pay the United States $1.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) fiscal year 2018 compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA). Our audit objective was to determine whether HUD complied with IPERA reporting and improper payment reduction requirements Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sherwana Lynn Marcus, also known as Sherwana Granderson and Sherwana Santana, 47, was arrested today on a 36-count federal indictment charging her with wire fraud for a scheme that defrauded homeless individuals and a housing assistance nonprofit that was receiving federal Read More

(Source: themonitor.com) The Weslaco Housing Authority may be on the hook to repay over $100,000 to the federal government after an audit found it had improperly retained legal services. The Office of the Inspector General conducted the audit on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – A Hoboken, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme during a municipal election, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Dio Braxton, 43, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an Read More

(Source: stltoday.com) ST. LOUIS • The former head of the Wellston Housing Authority pleaded guilty Monday to a federal theft charge and admitted stealing tenants' rent money. Marchell Benton, 63, deposited tenant rent money in her personal bank or used it to pay the rent of relatives who Read More

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett, today announced that three women who controlled the process by which prospective buyers applied for high demand cooperative apartments at the Luna Park Housing Read More

We initiated our audit in accordance with our strategic goal to provide the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with services and products to address vulnerabilities, to provide opportunities for improvements, and to recognize positive outcomes.  The audit objective was to Read More

We audited the Weslaco Housing Authority, Weslaco, TX, based on a referral to our office concerning issues with the Authority’s process for awarding its 2014 legal services contract.  Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority procured its U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Read More

United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty pleas of ROBERT ANTHONY COLEMAN, 45, and YOLANDA YVETTE COLEMAN aka YOLANDA YVETTE PITTMAN, 50, for conspiring to defraud multiple government social services programs over the course of several years. The defendants entered their Read More

We audited the Public Housing Capital Fund program at the Housing Authority of the City of Woonsocket, RI, based on a request by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and because we have not audited the Authority in more than 10 years.  We also received a complaint Read More

We audited the Talladega Housing Authority’s (Authority) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) conversion.  We selected the Authority for review as part of our annual audit plan and because it was one of the larger RAD conversions in Alabama, converting 499 units to project based Read More

DAYTON – Cynthia A. Faulkner, 34, of Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining food card benefits and submitting false income tax documents. Faulkner pleaded guilty in January to three counts of making a false document, two counts of aiding in the filing of a Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – A Hoboken, New Jersey, man today admitted promoting a voter bribery scheme in two city elections, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Matthew Calicchio, 28, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him Read More