Here is a news article about a scandal in the USCF:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/crosswords/chess/15chess.html?ref=us 

One of the USCF Board members, Paul Truong has been asked to resign as it is believed he was involved in taking the identitly of Sam Sloan on some internet message boards and posting inappropriate comments to influence the election results. Paul Truong is the husband of Susan Polgar who is also on the USCF board but she is not believed to be part of this controversy.