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MONROE, La. – Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Lake Providence woman was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $52,000 from a housing development by falsifying receipts for work that was never performed.
Stephanie R. Threats, 46, of Lake Providence, La., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on one count of conspiracy to commit federal program theft. She was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. According to the June 1, 2017 guilty plea, Threats worked for an Oak Grove, La., elderly housing apartment company, which received funds from the Office of Housing and Urban Development through Section 202 of the Federal Housing Program. From July 2009 until July 2012, Threats stole $52,241.69 from the program by creating false invoices for work performed for the benefit of the apartments and the HUD program recipients, when in reality no work had been performed.
The Office of Housing and Urban Development-Office of Inspector General conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown prosecuted the case.