Reports

CFO for Tribal Construction Company Embezzled Funds and Falsified Financial Reports

The OIG investigated allegations that a former Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee provided confidential procurement information to a prospective contractor to give it an unfair advantage on a contract bid. The complainant alleged the former employee provided the information while still employed by BLM and, after retiring, went to work for the contractor.

The OIG investigated allegations that approximately $30,000 in checks issued erroneously by the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST) in the name of a deceased tribal member had been fraudulently negotiated after his death. We found that the decedent’s son received the checks, endorsed them with his own signature, and cashed them. The son admitted he took the checks and acknowledged he knew it was wrong to do so. We also learned that the OST did not have a process in place to identify beneficiaries who had died.

Fire Alarm and Suppression Systems at BIE-Funded School Not Fully Functioning

The OIG investigated allegations that a National Park Service (NPS) superintendent mismanaged donated funds by depositing them into his personal checking account. We found that the superintendent violated Federal law and NPS policy when he deposited $500 donated yearly to the park into his personal checking account as a means to manage the funds. At the time of the deposits, the superintendent was not aware that he was prohibited from doing so. We did not find any evidence that the superintendent misused any of the donated funds.