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    The Schuyler Housing Authority, Schuyler, Nebraska, Improperly Used Public Housing Funds to Support a Non-HUD Assisted Living Program
    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Schuyler Housing Authority (Authority) to determine whether the Authority improperly spent public housing assets when developing and operating an assisted living program. We found that the Authority inappropriately used more than $78,000 in public housing funds to pay expenses of a non-HUD assisted living program. In addition, the Authority…
    February 18, 2008
    Report
    #2008-KC-1002
    The Douglas County Housing Authority of Omaha, Nebraska, Improperly Encumbered and Spent Its Public Housing Funds
    HUD OIG reviewed the development activities of the Douglas County Housing Authority (Authority), Omaha, Nebraska, to determine whether the Authority encumbered or spent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assets for nonfederal development activities without HUD approval. The Authority inappropriately encumbered nearly $1.67 million in federal assets when it entered into loan documents containing setoff provisions against the…
    February 09, 2008
    Report
    #2008-KC-1001
    The State of Nebraska Did Not Close HOME Projects in a Timely Manner
    March 12, 2007
    Report
    #2007-KC-1005
    Federal, State, and Local Agencies Combine Forces for Operation Clean House in Memphis
    Memphis, TN – Operation Clean House: Memphis concluded with a total of 17 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) arrests including 7 Memphis Safe Task Force (MSTF) assists.  The majority of the 24 individuals taken into custody were current HUD program participants apprehended within HUD housing units. Several subjects also had extensive criminal histories or multiple active charges at the…
    Press release
    June 01, 2026
    Middle Tennessee Investors To Pay $200,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding HUD Program
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 22, 2021 – Laziza Abdullaeva and Aziz Ashurov of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations involving misrepresentations in their purchases of certain properties from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Mary Jane Stewart, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today.  On December 30, 2019, relators William Worrall and…
    Press release
    March 22, 2021
    Omaha Man Forfeits $150,000 for Employing Illegal Aliens
    United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that James R. Barger, Jr., 49, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., expressing concerns about COVID-19 in the jails, sentenced Barger to two years’ supervised release and required Barger to perform 80 hours of community service per year. Barger will also pay a…
    Press release
    August 19, 2020