As part of its Fraud Corner series, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is providing Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees with the following best practices to aid you in preventing and detecting thefts through third party payment (TPP) services. This article provides guidance on risk factors relating to TPP service thefts and measures employees can take to prevent and detect such thefts.Millions of individuals and businesses use TPP services (or "mobile payment platforms") to make and share payments with friends, family, and businesses. TPP vendors like PayPal, Venmo, and Apple Pay…
As part of its Fraud Corner Series, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is providing Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees with the following information and resources related to Coronavirus/COVID-19 frauds and scams. Consistent with concerns discussed during a recent LSC COVID-19 LSC/grantee conference call, many of these scams could target LSC grantees and their client communities. The purpose of this Fraud Corner is to increase grantee awareness of possible scams and encourages grantees to proactively share information with clients to help prevent them from falling prey to scams.In a…
With the rapid developments related to COVID-19, the Legal Services Corporation, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is aware of the challenges that grantees are facing to continue operations and serve the needs of clients. 
As part of its Fraud Corner Series, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is providing Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Grantees with the following information on "best practices" to help them identify and prevent fraudulent activity, and specifically to remind them of the impact nepotism may have on program activities. Nepotism occurs whenever a hiring, contracting or other business decision is made based on a family or other close personal relationship rather than the objective merits of the job candidate or business proposal.As a condition of receiving LSC funds, LSC's basic field grant…
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is issuing this bulletin to LSC grantee Executive Directors (EDs) and the Independent Public Accountants (IPAs) with whom they contract to conduct their annual financial statement audits. The purpose is to provide EDs and IPAs with information pertaining to the 2018 Revision of Government Auditing Standards issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). 
As part of its Fraud Corner series, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is providing Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees with the following information on "best practices" to aid a grantee in preventing and detecting insider threats. The purpose of this article is to provide guidance to grantees on the red flags, or circumstances providing the opportunity for insider threats, and the necessary policies and procedures to prevent and detect insider threats by current and former employees, contractors, and any other individuals who have, or once had, authorized access to grantee's IT…
These instructions explain how to submit a Summary Report Form (SRF) for an audit of an LSC grant recipient. For authoritative guidance on audit policies, go to the Audit Guidance page. Before You StartNavigate to the User Credential Login page to enroll for an application user account using the Register as a New User? link. Use on-page instructions to enter requested details. All required fields are annotated with an asterisk (*). You will be notified of your approval status and provided account details to log in to the Summary Report Form application. Should you require assistance with…
Important information about the SRF Question 16SRF Question 16 requires updating to recognize additional guidance provided by LSC. The OIG plans to update the SRF to add LSC Financial Guide references and Program Letter 20-4 requirements. Until the update is complete, please do not include LSC Net Assets when answering question 16. Please enter the LSC deferred revenue in your response to question 16 instead.Notes for Auditors of LSC RecipientsLogin credentials are now required to access the Summary Report Form application and submit financial statements or requests for extensions on audited…
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft of Government Property was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
As part of its Fraud Corner Series, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is providing Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Grantees with the following information on "best practices" to potentially aid grantees in identifying or preventing fraudulent activity. The purpose of this article is to remind grantees of check and bank frauds that impact LSC funds and to update previously recommended steps to counteract such attempted frauds with information regarding available technology. In 2012, the OIG issued to inform LSC programs regarding issues involving checking account frauds at LSC…