WILLIAMSPORT - A Coal Township woman pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to a misdemeanor count of filing false reports to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Michele A. Donahue, 43, entered the plea before Magistrate Judge William Arbuckle.
Donahue was charged by the United State Attorney's Office with filing false reports and statements to HUD regarding her eligibility for federally funded rental assistance in the HUD-funded public assistance program. She is accused of providing false information regarding her monthly household income to officials of Shamokin Housing Authority who were determining her eligibility for the federally funded benefit program.
Donahue will be sentenced after a pre-sentence investigation is conducted.