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White is the Executive Secretary for the Director of the housing authority and the previous Board Secretary for Rochester Housing Charities, according to federal prosecutors.
Officials allege that White used a property development company owned by her mother and stepfather to prepare a fraudulent invoice, which made it appear that the business, HJJ Property, provided services to Rochester Housing Charities. The U.S. Attorney's office alleges that HJJ did not actually provide any services, while still billing the non-profit for that work.
White is the third defendant to be charged with scheming to defraud the Rochester Housing Authority and related organizations. U.S. Attorney for the Western District James Kennedy Jr. noted that the federally funded housing agency was set up to provide a stable housing environment for people who need assistance. And he said that when people entrusted “to operate and run such an agency divert funds away from the laudable purposes for which such monies were earmarked and into their own pockets, the entire community is forced to pay a heavy price.” https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/another-housing-authority-employee-charged-with-fraud/Content?oid=11005232&fbclid=IwAR0b5gpIR_ks5653PuPkOGrDCwnZ_oaeU0qnrVw4Y0qYiWkGoCYJXxQxSyc
Hidalgo HUD Officials Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bribery and Embezzlement
MCALLEN, TX—Susana Munguia, 61, and Lubina Pedraza, 54, both of Hidalgo, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and embezzlement and several counts of bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
Munguia and Pedraza were former officials with the City of Hidalgo Housing Authority who worked directly with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP). Munguia was the executive director and Pedraza was a secretary.
The indictment charging them was returned under seal Feb. 3, 2015, and unsealed today upon their arrest. They made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramos this morning, at which time they were temporarily ordered into custody pending a detention hearing set for Feb. 13, 2015, at 11:00 a.m.
From July 2011 to May 2014, Munguia and Pedraza allegedly used their positions as public officials to engage in a bribery scheme.
According to the indictment, the two women solicited and received bribes in exchange for allowing individuals to skip the Section 8 waitlist and immediately obtain housing assistance from the HCVP. Individuals paid, directly or through a third party, a monetary bribe to Munguia and Pedraza in order to bypass the waitlist system and to receive immediate approval to obtain vouchers for housing subsidies under the HCVP, according to the indictment.
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