New Haven Independent

Poverty Crook Scam Authority, Cont’d

by Paul Bass | May 4, 2006 8:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

You may not believe this, but… someone at New Haven’s housing authority was scamming money meant for poor people! OK, maybe that’s an old tale by now. But this newest case is interesting nonetheless: two employees secretly set up a company, put up other people’s names as the pretend owners, then allegedly funneled government money to their company so they could pocket the dough. At least that’s what the feds charged Thursday in a new indictment. Click here to read the press release. Click here to read the indictment — and weep.

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