Press Releases

For Immediate Release Contact:  HUD OIG Public Affairs Public.Affairs@hudoig.gov On August 8, 2013, this office received a request from Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., regarding the State of New Jersey’s Post-Hurricane Sandy Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Action Plan.  Audits…

USAO Southern District of Ohio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 http://www.justice.gov/usao/ohs COLUMBUS – Ovell K. Harrison, 55, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay $85,181.25 in restitution for fraud and identity theft…

This Press Release Courtesy of United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden - Department of Justice - District of Nevada LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing over $400,000 from the unemployment system, public housing authority, and Social Security Administration, was sentenced today…

USAO District of Connecticut Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  January 28, 2014 United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WINSTON SHILLINGFORD, 56, and his wife, MARLEEN SHILLINGFORD, 47, of Nesconset, N.Y., were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W.…

USAO District of Connecticut Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2014 Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARC JEAN, 44, a citizen of Haiti residing in Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford…

USAO Western District of Michigan Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 Maple Rapids Resident James Ortman Admits to Fraud in Conjunction with Federal Grants for Buildings he Formerly Owned in St. Johns, Michigan GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr.,…

United States Attorney District of Maryland Press Release Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Jared Fanning, age 35, of Potomac, Maryland, today to 22 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to…

USAO, Southern District of New York Press Release In Settlement, Bank Admits and Accepts Responsibility for Improperly Approving Thousands of Mortgage Loans for Government Insurance, and Agrees to Implement Enhanced Quality Control Program to Protect Against Future Violations Preet Bharara, the…

United States Attorney District of Connecticut Press Release Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GARI-MARK THOMAS, 38, of Michigan, formerly of Norwalk, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas P.…

USAO Southern District of Ohio Press Release COLUMBUS – Wendy Harper, 44, Columbus, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to embezzling HUD program funds from her employer, Harvest Management Group, Inc, which manages more than 900 units for elderly and disabled people who qualify for HUD…