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California accounts for nearly a third of the homeless population in the United States.. In addition to investigating programs that receive federal funds, the new task force will look into “fraud schemes involving the theft of private donations intended to provide support and services for the homeless population,” the U.S. attorney’s office said.

The Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force will investigate potential fraud and corruption involving local homelessness funds, with U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli saying there will be arrests if ...

The audit found California failed to prioritize fraud prevention in its administration of homelessness funds. The state didn’t perform regular fraud risk assessments, develop a plan to identify and swiftly address potential fraud, or have a process in place to evaluate the effectiveness of its anti-fraud policies, according to the audit.

Date: April 8, 2025 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov LOS ANGELES — United States Attorney Bill Essayli today announced the formation of the Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force, which will investigate fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption involving funds allocated toward the eradication of homelessness within the seven-county jurisdiction of the Central District of California.

The new top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is launching a task force to investigate possible fraud, waste, abuse and corruption involving funds meant to address homelessness in Southern ...

The new U.S. attorney for Los Angeles and surrounding areas says he will investigate potential fraud and corruption involving funds intended to alleviate homelessness in Southern California.

Homeless camps on De Forest Avenue against the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, Monday, July 29, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli today announced the formation of a Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force, which will investigate waste and corruption involving funds ...

California put hundreds of millions of homelessness dollars at risk because of its "disorganized" and "chaotic" anti-fraud policies, according to a critical federal audit released today. The audit ...

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced this week the creation of a task force to investigate possible fraud and corruption involving funds meant to combat homelessness across Southern California.

As a result, the audit found, the state agency failed to properly protect $319.5 million in federal homelessness funds, which were distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the possibility of ...

In early April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to pull roughly $300 million in funding from LAHSA and transfer that money to the county's newly created homeless services department.

According to the 2024 annual homelessness assessment report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Arizona saw a 3.5% increase in its homeless population compared to 2023.

AHCCCS alerted to ‘predictable’ homelessness surge before fraud crackdown. By: Hannah Bassett/AZCIR - December 28, 2023 10:44 am. ... Staff at Native Health have voted to dedicate an employee donation fund to help individuals with housing and other expenses. But there’s only so much volunteers can do without additional assistance from the ...

The Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force will investigate potential fraud and corruption involving local homelessness funds, with U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli saying there will be arrests if ...

A new state bill would add more oversight to California homeless shelters after a CalMatters investigation exposed that many taxpayer-funded facilities are plagued by violence, mismanagement and low success rates. The bill would build on an existing state law that was supposed to add basic checks on homeless shelter safety and sanitation.

At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died as state Medicaid officials struggled to respond to a massive fraud scheme that ...

LOS ANGELES – United States Attorney Bill Essayli today announced the formation of the Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force, which will investigate fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption involving funds allocated toward the eradication of homelessness within the seven-county jurisdiction of the Central District of California.. This task force will be comprised of federal prosecutors ...

Funds to prevent people from becoming homeless, for example, are spread over all three buckets of money. ULA dictates that 30% of its funds go to homelessness prevention programs. LACAHSA also has ...

A new federal task force will now investigate fraud, waste and corruption involving funds set aside for homelessness in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa ...