Three investigations conducted by the Chicago Housing Authority’s Office of the Inspector General (CHA OIG) recently resulted in three new felony convictions for theft of government funds, including one in which the defendant was sentenced to more than six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. These convictions bring the number of felony convictions to 26 over four years and include:

• Arthur Dorsey Jr., of Chicago, pled guilty to three counts of Theft of Government Funds and was sentenced to 78 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Dorsey was a Section 8 recipient in the CHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program.
• Cassandra Evans, of Chicago, pled guilty to one count of Theft of Government Funds and was sentenced to 24 months’ probation, 30 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution totaling $8,922.00 to CHA.
• Howard Headd, of Chicago, pled guilty to one count of Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise and was sentenced to 24 months’ probation for his involvement in a fraud scheme involving his wife Doris Bell, a former voucher recipient in the CHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program.

The case was prosecuted by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Public Corruption/Financial Crimes Unit. CHA OIG lead investigator Justin King worked jointly on the three investigations with a variety of agencies, including the Chicago Field Office of SSA OIG, HUD OIG and HFS OIG.