Prince George's County Housing Authority
Outcome
Carla Carter, former Deputy Director of Prince George's County Housing Authority, and her husband Raymond Carter were convicted in 2015 for conspiring to fraudulently obtain approximately $112,000 in HUD rental subsidy payments for properties they owned, by disguising their ownership and submitting false documents to the housing authority she oversaw.
Details
Prince George's County Housing Authority — Deputy Director Self-Dealing Fraud (2007–2012)
Outcome: Carla Carter, former Deputy Director of Prince George's County Housing Authority, and her husband Raymond Carter were convicted by a federal jury in October 2015 for conspiring to fraudulently obtain approximately $112,000 in HUD rental subsidy payments for properties they owned by disguising their ownership and submitting false documents to the housing authority where Carla worked as a senior official. Sentencing was set for January 2016.
From October 2007 through December 2012, Carla and Raymond Carter conspired to defraud HUD and the Prince George's County Housing Authority to obtain Section 8 rental subsidy payments for properties they owned in Bowie and Capitol Heights, Maryland.
Carla Carter served as Deputy Director of the housing authority from July 2007 through February 2012, and also served as Acting Director from June through October 2008. Despite her oversight role over the housing program, she and her husband secretly arranged for a co-conspirator to be listed as the owner and landlord of their properties on official housing authority documents. They submitted numerous false documents to the housing authority to disguise their ownership and continue receiving subsidy payments.
Both Carla and Raymond Carter faced maximum sentences of 20 years for wire fraud conspiracy, 13 counts of wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel scheduled sentencing for January 2016 and ordered the couple to pay more than $300,000 in restitution.
How Crucible Prevents This
Carter's scheme was a direct conflict of interest: a housing authority official directing Section 8 subsidy payments to properties she secretly owned. Crucible's staff property ownership disclosure hook requires all housing authority employees with authority over voucher approvals or landlord payments to disclose all real property they own. A beneficial ownership cross-reference control that compares all Section 8 landlords against staff member property records would have immediately flagged the Carters' properties as impermissible conflicts and blocked the rental subsidy payments.
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