Section 8 Fraud Penalties

Hud could also require that you repay assistance you received while perpetrating fraud.

Section 8 fraud penalties. All calls are confidential and you may choose to remain anonymous. If they are found guilty of section 8 fraud they will be evicted barred from using section 8 housing again for many years and they face jail time. Pursuant to section 8 rules the landlord was prohibited from charging the tenant any additional payment.

In coleman the landlord charged the tenant an additional rent payment of 60 on six separate occasions. Miami dade public housing and community development phcd has a fraud hotline that is available specifically to receive allegations of suspected fraud or wrongdoing by residents employees and business. My children s mother has been on section 8 for 4 years claiming our kids that don t live with her.

Step 3 contact your local police department if you believe that a section 8 tenant is involved in illegal activity such as drug use or sale. When leaving a message please state the facts. As hud explains section 8 fraud may result in the termination of assistance benefits fines of up to 10 000 and prison time of up to five years.

You may also face fines of up to 10 000 prison time of up to five years ineligibility for future government assistance and local and state government sanctions. Last week six new york residents were charged by the us department of justice for withholding income information to receive more than 100 000 in government benefits intended for low income persons including section 8 housing choice vouchers. If you commit section 8 fraud you could lose your benefits and face eviction from your home.

Code 1324c penalties for document fraud. These individuals defrauded the us department of housing and urban development hud and other federal offices for more than a decade but now each face up to 25 35 years in prison. I submitted a fraud report to denton county to investigate but i m.

The court held that these requests for side payments constituted six separate false claims under the fca. To use attempt to use possess obtain accept or receive or to provide any forged counterfeit altered or falsely made document in order to satisfy any requirement of this chapter or to obtain a benefit under this chapter. Any rewards could get ended immediately.