HUD OIG has statutory law enforcement authority focused mainly on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. HUD OIG addresses allegations fairly and objectively, following the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency's (CIGIE) Quality Standards for Investigations. HUD OIG's investigations generally focus on possible violations of federal, state, and local law in HUD programs and activities, or misconduct by HUD employees or recipients of HUD funds. Common fraud schemes in HUD programs can be found here.
Investigations can lead to criminal charges, civil complaints, or administrative sanctions. Criminal charges can result in prosecution, plea agreements, incarceration, restitution, fines, or penalties. Civil claims can lead to settlements or judgments involving restitution, fines, penalties, forfeitures, assessments, exclusion from federal programs, administrative sanctions, or personnel actions.
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 12:00
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MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Karen Johnson, 55, Cumberland, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in prison for wire fraud, to be followed by a three-year…
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 12:00
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Orlando, FL –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Maria Del Carmen Montes (46, Kissimmee) has pleaded guilty to three counts of bank fraud. Each bank fraud count carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. Montes was indicted, along with coconspirator Carlos Ferrer,…
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 12:00
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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New York men were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford for engaging in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme involving 24 mortgage loans on numerous multifamily housing…
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 14:00
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NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County man was sentenced today to time already served – 20 months – for conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cabral Simpson, 47, of Orange, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to Count…
Fri, 01/19/2024 - 12:00
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WACO, Texas – An Austin woman was arrested this week on criminal charges related to her alleged embezzlement of federal funds for personal use while serving as the executive director of the Killeen Housing Authority (KHA).According to court documents, DeAdra Johnson, 52, allegedly stole thousands…
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 12:00
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Martin D. Cruz-Vázquez, President of FiveStar Pest Control Inc. (FiveStar), and Luis O. Agosto-Meléndez, President of CoolBreeze Air Conditioning, Inc. (CoolBreeze) pleaded guilty to the theft of federal program funds provided by the United States Department of Housing and…
Wed, 12/22/2021 - 12:00
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Shomanicka Holly, 36, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, pled guilty today to a two-count felony information charging her with health care fraud and making materially false statements on a public housing form.
As part of her plea, Holly admitted to defrauding a government funded…
Thu, 01/27/2022 - 12:00
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Defendant Posed as HUD Contractor to Facilitate a Fraudulent Lien Release and Sale of Her Home
Greenbelt, Maryland – Tammy Jones, a/k/a “Tammy Taylor”, age 53, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. As part of her plea…
Tue, 01/18/2022 - 12:00
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New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Kevin Richardson, 59, of New Orleans, was sentenced on January 13, 2022 by United States District Judge Susie Morgan to thirty (30) months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1952(a)(3) and…
Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:00
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Charley Rember, Jr.,52, former Executive Director of Madill Housing Authority in Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced on January 26, 2022, to 8 years in prison (2 years suspended) and ordered to pay more than $477,000 in restitution and fines for embezzlement of over $450,000 of government money to…
