Rapid City, South Dakota (September 27, 2017) Kevin S. Lewis, age 55, was charged on September 19, 2017. The charges relate to Lewis, while employed as the managing attorney for Dakota Plains Legal Services, taking money rightfully belonging to Dakota Plains Legal Services.
Birmingham, Alabama (September 21, 2017) Kelli Hogue Mauro, 48,  former Executive Director of the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program, was sentenced yesterday to five years of probation and five months of home confinement for misapplication of property worth at least $5,000 from a federal program.
(Fraud Alert)
Birmingham, Alabama (April 21, 2017) Kelli Hogue Mauro, 48, of Birmingham, Alabama, and former Executive Director of the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyer Program, has been charged with misapplication of property worth at least $5,000 from a federal program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
Martin, SD (September 29, 2016) Amy N. Garcia, age 32, was indicted on July 26, 2016 for Larceny and Theft of Government Property and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on September 28, 2016.  She pleaded not guilty to the Indictment.
Dewar Debarment, Schneider, Larche, Haapala & Co, PLLC
On October 22, 2015, the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)  recognized the LSC OIG for our LSC OIG Fraud Prevention Program. Please read the announcement from Inspector General Jeffrey E. Schanz.