Posted on 07/21/2021 7:12:17 AM PDT by jaydubya2
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday afternoon announced that a grand jury indicted Tonya Robinson, the former executive director of the South Bend Housing Authority, and four others in a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government of millions of dollars.
The indictment says payments to the contractors totaled $5.8 million "over the course of the scheme."
The money went to the "personal use and benefit" of the defendants, according to the indictment, including "spending the proceeds at local casinos."
Robinson, 58, who ran the authority from 2014 until she was fired in September 2019, made cash deposits into her personal bank accounts totaling $655,000 from 2015 through 2019, prosecutors allege in the indictment. She hid the scheme from the housing authority board, according to court documents.
Of the money from the scheme, the indictment says, Tonya Robinson lost at least $600,000 at casinos between 2015 and 2018, while Smith lost at least $450,000 in those years.
HUD calculated the average expense per housing unit each month for the authority and similarly sized housing authorities throughout Indiana. The authority’s average monthly expense per unit was calculated at about $247 in 2016, more than three times the $70 average of the other housing authorities, according to court records.
South Bend just received $59 Million in covid relief funds.
What a surprise.
What did Buttwipe know and when did he know it?
Making Butthole surfer the perfect Biden cabinet member!
Robinson, 58, who ran the authority from 2014 until she was fired in September 2019, made cash deposits into her personal bank accounts totaling $655,000 from 2015 through 2019, prosecutors allege in the indictment. She hid the scheme from the housing authority board, according to court documents.
Boy, they must have some serious checks and balances in that system.
Hey now, I liked The Butthole Surfers, don’t insult them like that.
Their #1 hit “Wipe Out”!....................
Democrats always looking out for the little guy.
/s
The people there loved their mayor so much they were going to rename South Bend to Bend Over in his honer.
Remember a good number of those who voted for these people are Notre Dame students and faculty/employees.
Which is why I say, the wrong Notre Dame burned.
behind every democrats face is a criminal
Knew it.
Housing Authority admins have a bad habit of this.
Not even a drop in the bucket of fraud and looting of federal programs money by criminals in govt agencies and NGOs. Not even a drop.
Gov Andrew Coumo stole $600 million when he ran HUD.
That was his buy in for the governorship.
The trick to prison is kick someones ass or become someones bitch on day one.
Enjoy.
Who was in my room last night?
Great song.
“Pepper” is a great song.
Dallas folks remember “Mr. Peppermint”, Gibby Hayes is his son.
Muffin was too creepy. So was Mr. Wiggle Worm. Looking back, every puppet back then was creepy, especially Mr. Rogers' puppets.
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