United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that his office collected $9,244,423.94 in FY 2020 and $22,761,541.52 in FY 2019, an amount more than $18.4 million over his office’s entire annual appropriated budgets for the same period.
CHARLESTON – The co-director of nonprofit legal advocacy firm Mountain State Justice Inc. alleges a state department failed to respond to two requests for information relating to RISE West Virginia.
CHARLESTON — A hearing was held Wednesday in a case involving a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by a West Virginia attorney in an attempt to find out how RISE program funds were used after the 2016 floods.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) answered a complaint filed by the City of Huntington alleging the department didn't comply with regulations and is attempting to assess penalties on the city.
U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced today that the Northern District of West Virginia collected $1,815,859 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018.
CLARKSBURG – The federal government is suing a convicted landlord after it claims he discriminated against tenants based on their sex. Brian Carl Walden, as conservator for Gary Walden, a protected person, and as administrator CTA of the estate of Tina Walden; Walden Homes LLC, which is doing business as Walden Rentals; and 973 Chestnut Ridge Road Inc. were also named as defendants in the suit.
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Justice Department says the owner and former property manager of a Cross Lanes apartment complex has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. Perkins Parke Apartments has agreed to pay $120,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle the suit alleging that three former agents sexually harassed and retaliated against female tenants, which is a violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses.
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court has upheld a judgment against a landlord who imposed special restrictions against a woman seeking to rent a house in Charleston for herself and her disabled brother.
CLARKSBURG – A Taylor County housing agency will keep and recoup almost 40 percent of a nearly $500,000 contract it paid a Pennsylvania firm to refurbish one of its buildings.
Hughes CHARLESTON – Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes said West Virginia residents who were affected by the recent multistate mortgage settlement might see more than $2,000.