Feds say HUD employee lied about remote work hours

A HUD employee has pleaded guilty to making false claims about her remote work activity, costing the government over $200,000. 

Crissy Monique Baker, 45, of Fairfax, Virginia, will be sentenced in September to a single charge of fraud that allegedly occurred while she was employed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development between 2021 and this May. Prosecutors on Monday said the ex-management and program analyst worked in human resources roles for other federal agencies without permission from HUD.

The former HUD staffer was a human resources assistant contractor for AmeriCorps between 2021 and 2023, and in 2022 worked for seven months in a similar role for a National Institutes of Health contractor. The HUD Office of Inspector General claims Baker billed the government more…