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    HUD OIG Audit Finds HUD Could Not Test Improper Payments for 8th Consecutive Year
    WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its annual audit report assessing HUD’s efforts to estimate, test, and reduce improper payments under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019. The audit found that Read More
    May 15, 2025
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    HUD Did Not Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
    HUD did not comply with PIIA because it did not report compliant improper and unknown payment estimates for the Office of Public and Indian Housing’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (PIH-TBRA) program and the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs’ Project-Based Rental Assistance (MF-PBRA) program. Read More
    May 13, 2025
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    Clermont Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Bank Fraud
    Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Carlos Calderon (56, Clermont) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Calderon faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.According to the plea agreement and Read More
    May 09, 2025
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    HUD Incorrectly Approved $42 Million in Operating Subsidies for Phase-Down for Demolition Add-On Funding
    Obtain and review support (as identified in recommendation 1D) for $15.1 million in unsupported phase-down funding in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, determine the correct amount of phase-down funding, and require the public housing agencies to reimburse HUD for any ineligible funding received.
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    Mississippi Firm to Pay $1,207,600 to Resolve Disaster Recovery Claims
    Firm Billed for Services after Devastating 2016 West Virginia FloodCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Horne LLP, of Ridgeland, Mississippi, has agreed to pay the United States $1,207,600 to resolve civil allegations that it received improper Read More
    April 16, 2025
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    Former NYCHA Superintendent Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison After Trial Conviction For Bribery And Extortion Offenses
    Jay Clayton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HECTOR COLON, a former superintendent for the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”), was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for soliciting and accepting approximately $30,000 in bribes from contractors Read More
    May 06, 2025
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    Kissimmee Real Estate Broker Sentenced For Bank Fraud
    Orlando, FL – United States District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Maria Del Carmen Montes (48, Kissimmee) to 33 months in federal prison for bank fraud. Montes pleaded guilty on January 4, 2024. According to court documents, Montes, co-conspirator Carlos Ferrer, and others created Read More
    April 30, 2025
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