WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
WILMINGTON, Del. - Lauren Janes, a licensed real-estate agent residing in Delaware, has agreed to pay $80,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that she would live in a home she bought from the agency.
HUD sells homes it acquires in foreclosure after homeowners default on Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans. To expand affordable homeownership for low- and moderate-income buyers, HUD first offers these homes exclusively to owner-occupants, who must agree to live in the property as ...