Press Releases

Cambria County Area Agency on Aging Agrees to Pay Over $122,000 to Resolve False Claims (12/01/2023)

Comptroller of a Non-Profit Corporation in Aguada, PR Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme (03/02/2023)

United States Attorney’s Office Reaches $639,916 Settlement with Governor of Maryland’s Office on Service and Volunteerism to Resolve Alleged False Claims for AmeriCorps Program Funds (1/24/2023)

Former Executive Director of the Hawaii Commission Sentenced To 46 Months in Prison for Embezzling from AmeriCorps and Offering a Bribe in Return for CARES Act Grants (2/22/2022)

Denver Public Schools Pays Over $2.1 Million to Settle Allegations Relating to Misuse of AmeriCorps Funds (8/2/2022)

U.S. Settles Dispute with Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Over its AmeriCorps Programs (11/1/2021)

Hawaii Public Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling from AmeriCorps and Offering a Bribe in Return for CARES Act Grants (10/13/2021)

Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Sentenced to 46 Months of Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and for Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Approving $845,000 in CARES Act Grants (6/30/2021)

Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership, Inc. Agrees to Pay $30,000 and Implement Compliance Improvements to Resolve Claims It Failed to Return Community Service Grant Funds to the United States (4/09/2021)

Wife of Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Pleads Guilty Conspiring to Embezzle from AmeriCorps (4/2/2021)

Hawaiian Non-Profit Executive Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $500,000 from AmeriCorps and Agreeing to Receive a Bribe for Administering CARES Act Grants (3/26/2021)

U.S. Settles Dispute with East. St. Louis School District 189 over Its AmeriCorps Program (2/22/2021)

Catholic Charities Of Southern Nevada Agrees To Pay Over$200K To Resolve Claims It Fraudulently Billed The United States For Community Service Grants (8/19/2020)

University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants (5/22/2020)

Madison County Woman Agrees to Pay Damages for Submitting False Claims to AmeriCorps Program (7/16/2019)

Our Lady of Lourdes Agrees to Pay Over $1.1M to Resolve Claims It Failed to Perform Background Checks, Fraudulently Billed U.S. for Community Service Grants (6/28/2019)