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Will the Trump Administration (Ab)Use Office of Inspector General Investigations for Political Ends? Federal Employees and Federal Contractors Have Reason to Worry

Will the Trump Administration (Ab)Use Office of Inspector General Investigations for Political Ends? Federal Employees and Federal Contractors Have Reason to Worry

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Nov 21, 2024

By Sara Kropf Some of our clients who are under investigation by an Office of Inspector General (OIG) believe that the investigation is “political.” They are often convinced that they are under investigation because of their political views or because they were...

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How to Avoid an OIG Investigation – Guaranteed!*

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Mar 24, 2021

By Sara Kropf Hindsight is 20/20. In retrospect, we can often see what our OIG investigation clients could have done to prevent the investigation. The three ideas below won’t prevent every investigation, but they can help mitigate the most serious consequences to your...

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Are OIG Investigations “Political”? DOJ OIG’s Recent Press Releases Make It Look That Way

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jan 26, 2021

By Sara Kropf If I had a dollar for every time a government employee told me, “this OIG investigation is political!”—well, I’d be retired by now. I get it. The Inspector General for many agencies is appointed by the President. There’s a natural instinct to view that...

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What To Do If an OIG Agent Wants to Interview You about PPP Fraud (or Anything Else)

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jan 15, 2021

By Sara Kropf As Andrea mentioned in her last post, the Small Business Administration’s Office of Inspector General (SBA-OIG) has seen a massive increase in fraud complaints to its hotline. These are related to the CARES Act or Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). When...

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Why an OIG Investigation Seems (and Actually Is) Unfair to Government Employees

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Aug 12, 2020

By Sara Kropf Many—perhaps most—of my clients who are targets of Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations think the process is not fair. They are right. In an OIG investigation, the same entity is the investigator, the prosecutor, the judge, and the jury....

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Government Employees at Risk: Conflicts of Interest May Be Crimes, Not Just Ethics Violations

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jul 30, 2020

By Sara Kropf Many of the clients we represent in Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations are facing allegations that they violated federal ethics regulations or internal agency ethics rules. Here’s how it usually plays out. An OIG agent knocks on the...

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Increased Pandemic Relief Fraud Enforcement Has Come to Town: Guess Who is Partnering with the Eastern District of Virginia?

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jul 24, 2020

By Andrea L. Moseley If you applied for pandemic relief funds and your business is in Virginia, you should be aware that civil and criminal fraud investigations and prosecutions are going to intensify in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).  Shown above, this...

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Paycheck Protection Program Fraud: How will DoJ draw the line between civil and criminal enforcement?

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jul 10, 2020

By:  Andrea Moseley Your company applied for money under the terms of the CARES Act: Are you at risk of facing scrutiny from DoJ because of your application?  To understand the answer to this question, you must be aware of DoJ's fleet-footed approach to snuffing out...

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Firing the State Department Inspector General Is Legal (But Still Political)

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | May 19, 2020

By Sara Kropf On May 15, 2020, President Trump fired the State Department Inspector General and replaced him with a new Inspector General who has close ties to Vice President Mike Pence. Steven Linick had been the head of the State Department’s Office of Inspector...

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OIG Investigations in the Time of Coronavirus: Time and Attendance Fraud by Federal Employees

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Mar 24, 2020

A personal note: We hope everyone is safe and healthy right now. We aren’t going to spam your email with what our plans are for these strange and scary times. (If you want to know, we’re working hard for our clients, writing blog posts, and hugging our kids even...

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