SAC Kenneth Taylor provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and role in assisted housing investigations and described tenant, landlord, and management fraud schemes at a Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies meeting in Ocean City, MD. Approximately 35 housing officials attended.
SAC Robert Anderson and ASAC Wyatt Achord provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and goals; described the HUD Enterprise Income Verification system and OIG’s rental assistance initiatives; and illustrated housing management and tenant fraud schemes at a Crime Reduction and Prevention meeting in Jefferson, LA. At the conclusion, a question and answer forum was held for approximately 35 local government representatives, law enforcement personnel, and private citizens in attendance.
RIGA Jerry Kirkland and Senior Auditors Danita Wade and Laura Cantu gave a presentation to about 30 member of the Big Country Housing Association, a group of small housing authority representatives in Fort Worth, TX. They discussed OIG’s operations, how OIG selects audits, the audit process, the types of public housing audits conducted, and the audit resolution process.
ASAC Julie de Mello and SA Michael Wagenhauser provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and described rental assistance fraud prevention, detection, and investigations at a West Virginia Multifamily Rental Housing conference in Charleston, WV. At the conclusion, a question and answer forum was held for approximately 50 individuals in attendance.
ASAC Kevin Chan and SAs Stephen Huvane and Elizabeth Peralta provided an overview of HUD OIG; described HUD’s FHA, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and Section 8 programs; and explained the process for selecting and conducting investigations and the methods for detecting and
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preventing housing assistance fraud at a Hudson Valley Association of Housing Authorities meeting in Yonkers, NY. Approximately 30 housing officials and administrators attended.
ASAC Gene Westerlind and SA Janine Cotrel provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and priorities at a Connecticut Housing Authorities workshop sponsored by HUD in Hartford, CT. At the conclusion, a question and answer forum was held for approximately 30 housing officials in attendance.
ARIGA Todd Gagon and SAC Michael Powell participated in a Kansas National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) conference in Salina, KS. ARIGA Gagon gave an introduction to HUD OIG and discussed common audit findings; the importance of developing strong internal controls; and their role in preventing fraud, waste, or abuse. SAC Powell discussed different types of fraud in public housing and government contracting and the importance of fraud prevention. SAC Powell and ARIGA Gagon also discussed the impact of the large amounts of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding and the increased risk of fraud, waste, or abuse related to those funds. Approximately 15 participants attended the presentation.
ARIGA Ron Farrell and Senior Auditor Kim Toler made a presentation to more than 65 housing commission executive directors at a joint conference of the Michigan Housing Directors Association and NAHRO in Sault Saint Marie, MI. ARIGA Farrell and SA Toler discussed the Public Housing Capital Fund program being funded by ARRA. The presentation included ARRA accountability and reporting requirements. It also covered the audit process, common findings in public housing agency nonprofit development activities, the Office of Public and Indian Housing’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher programs, and the Office of Audit’s affirmative civil enforcement initiative.
As part of a presentation to about 40 housing authority grantees at the 2011 Annual Washington Housing Authority Accounting Professional Conference in Kennewick, WA, Senior Auditor Lana Monfort and SAs Dana Papesh and Dan Austin provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission, authority, organization, and work. They also presented common findings and indicators of fraud in housing authority programs as well as examples of investigations and the results of those investigations.
Senior Auditors Laura Cantu and Lynelle Kunst gave a presentation to about 12 housing authority officials at the 71st Southwest NAHRO Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM. They discussed OIG’s operations, how OIG selects audits, the audit process, the types of public housing audits OIG conducts, and the audit resolution process.
SA Scott Savedow, Florida State Attorney William Minton, and Palm Beach County Sheriff detectives Michael Leatherman and Ronald Bloeser, Sr., provided a presentation, entitled “The Impact of Public Assistance Fraud - A Partnership to Prevent Crime and Maintain Healthy, Safe, and Secure Government
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Housing Communities,” at a national crime prevention conference sponsored by the Florida Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice in Miami, FL. Approximately 100 housing industry professionals, law enforcement personnel, and attorneys attended.
SA John Raney and Senior Auditor Beth Archibald provided a presentation, entitled “File Audits: Top Ten Findings,” and described HUD OIG’s mission and public housing investigations and audits at a Colorado NAHRO conference in Breckenridge, CO. Approximately 53 public housing officials attended.
SA Amy Durso and Senior Auditor Christy Thomas provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission; described public housing and landlord fraud and the avenues available to report waste, fraud, and abuse; and explained the audit selection process, the importance of internal controls, audit findings in nonprofit housing developments and the Section 8 program, and the responsibilities of housing authority boards and executive directors at a Section 8 and Public Housing workshop sponsored by NAHRO in Lake of the Ozarks, MO. At the conclusion, a question and answer forum was held for approximately 40 public housing officials in attendance.
SAs Carissa Barnes and David Smith provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and function, described fraud detection and enforcement methods used to successfully prosecute housing investigations, and illustrated a current housing assistance fraud investigation at a Mountain Plains NAHRO conference in Park City, UT. Approximately 35 housing officials attended.
SA Keith Williams provided an overview of HUD OIG’s mission and role and described fraud detection and prevention strategies at a NAHRO conference in Casper, WY. Approximately 20 public housing officials attended.