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…
(Fraud Alert)
In recent weeks, two cybercrimes involving "phishing" emails targeting LSC program online payroll accounts were reported to the OIG; in these instances, the perpetrators were able to redirect direct deposits from employee payroll accounts to the perpetrator's account. Thieves continue to implement new tactics to trick accounting and human resource officials to update employee direct deposit information, which could lead to the theft of the employee's payroll check. Malicious actors may impersonate a trusted person or a person of authority to entice an employee to perform certain payroll…
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), Office of Inspector General (OIG), has been made aware that LSC's main number telephone was compromised in a spoofing scam. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB)1, spoofing scams are committed by individuals who use technology to modify caller ID information to trick individuals into believing that an incoming call is local, or from someone they know. The scammers engage the individuals in conversation attempting to gain personal identifying information and/or elicit money. This scheme is known as "spoofing" or "spoof calling."LSC has received…
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft from Program Receiving Federal Funds was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
(Fraud Alert)