(Source: Newsweek.com) A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to financial theft, money laundering and drug charges on Monday after admitting to taking cash from a Hurricane Sandy victim. Ocean County prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said yesterday that Robert Brower, 45, of Seaside Heights, acknowledged he Read More

(Source: brownsvilleherald.com) A man admitted to defrauding the Brownsville Housing Authority Tuesday afternoon by concealing income he earned through selling firearms, gun kits and ammunition, court documents and hearings revealed. Gilberto Usdel Tello pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The mastermind of a mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financially distressed homeowners, investors, and financial institutions of nearly $1.5 million dollars was sentenced today to more than 13 years in federal prison. Hasan Hussain, 57, of Princeton, N.J., masterminded a Read More

(Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser) A former U.S. Housing and Urban Development employee accused of collecting Section 8 rental assistance on properties she and her husband managed and controlled pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court Wednesday to five counts of wire fraud. Chun Mei Tong, 42, a Read More

(Source: jerseyshoreonline.com)   TRENTON – A former Hoboken police officer, now living in Seaside Heights, was sentenced for stealing $187,000 by filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds after Superstorm Sandy, according to Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. Nikola Lulaj, 45 Read More

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Tacoma Housing Authority’s participation in the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) because it had the highest number of completed RAD units and the second highest number of total RAD Read More