Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Social Security Employee Charged with Making a False Statement to Qualify for Low-Income Housing Subsidies Sentenced Today
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PERNEITA PRICE, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to making a false statement to the government.
U.S. District Kurt D. Engelhardt sentenced PRICE to three years of probation and ordered her to pay over $35,000 in restitution to the government.
According to documents filed in federal court, PERNEITA PRICE falsified federal affordable housing applications to qualify for low-income housing subsidies.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney, Richard R. Pickens, II is in charge of the prosecution.