"… t, investigators said, on prostitutes and gambling. …"

"… SC) inspector general, the chief watchdog for federal funds given to local legal aid groups nationwide, challenged $318,768 in expenditures by the Capital Area …"

"… rp. in Baton Rouge, La., that were charged to taxpayers.The group provides legal aid to poor residents in a dozen Louisiana parishes and received $1.5 million …"

"… al Services Corp. in 2009.Many of the questioned expenditures involved the legal aid group’s executive director, James A. Wayne, Sr., who routinely submitted …"

"… LSC’s mission is to level the playing field for those who cannot afford legal aid. Instead, what we’ve seen in recent years are several cases of perpetrat …"

"… riminal cases brought in the last four months in which executives of three legal aid nonprofit organizations were charged with or pleaded guilty to stealing fe …"

"… d prostitution. One of the most egregious allegations involved a nonprofit legal aid group in Mikulski’s home state of Maryland.The Center’s story quoted t …"

"… ikulski’s home state of Maryland.The Center’s story quoted the federal legal aid program’s chief watchdog, Inspector General Jeffrey E. Schanz, as well a …"

"… law matters. The case, however, isn’t the only bad news for America’s legal aid program.LSC is facing internal questions about the quality of its grant-ma …"

"… artment has brought three major fraud cases against officials of nonprofit legal aid groups who received LSC funding. A fourth was uncovered last year. They ra …"

"… the last few months under an acting president.Concerns grow about federal legal aid programThe confluence of trouble has officials inside and outside the LSC …"

"… reflecting the increased financial pressures the recession has put on the legal aid system.Over the last decade, LSC has suffered from several controversies, …"