Welcome to the Office of the
Inspector General's (OIG) public affairs web page. The
mission of the OIG is to identify problems and weaknesses
within the DOT, and to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.
The information contained in the OIG's audits,
inspections, evaluations, and investigations are used by
DOT management.
PRESS RELEASES FROM JANUARY
1998
 Transportation
Department Announces More Surveillance of Air Courier
Shipments (1/15/98)
New
Mexico Firm Enters Guilty Plea in Compressed-Gas Safety
Testing Case (1/29/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM FEBRUARY
1998
Maryland
Man Indicted for Alleged Fraud in Claiming Disadvantaged
Business Status (2/26/98)
Inspector
General's Audit Shows Airline Passenger Origin and
Destination Data Unreliable (2/27/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM MARCH 1998
FAA
Makes Progress on 90-Day Safety Review Recommendations
(3/6/98)
Two
Sentenced in Case Involving Falsification of Truck
Drivers' Logs (3/11/98)
Three
Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Newark Airport Monorail
Project (3/11/98)
Stiff
Sentences Given Traffickers in Stolen Aircraft Parts
(3/11/98)
Miami
Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Shipping Hazardous
Materials (3/23/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM APRIL 1998
Inspector
General Recommends Clear Policy on Determining Airline
Arrival Times (4/2/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM MAY 1998
Guilty
Pleas Announced in One of Largest Ever Suspected
Unapproved Parts Settlements (5/1/98)
Two Charged in Unlawful Transportation of
Hazardous Waste (5/11/98)
Five
Indicted for Two Years of Falsifying Driver's Logs
(5/11/98)
Inspector
General Investigation Results in Guilty Please for Theft
of Copper Cable from Reserve Fleet Ships (5/15/98)
Illegal
Hazmat Shipper Sentenced (5/22/98)
Processor
of Key Aircraft Parts Indicted; Fraudulent Quality
Control Alleged (5/26/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM JUNE 1998
Transportation's
Inspector General Announces Sentencing in Gasoline Tax
Evasion Case (6/15/98)
Repair
Station Owner, Chief Inspector Plead Guilty to Making
False Statements on Maintenance Records (6/15/98)
Trucking
Company, Owner Plead Guilty, Receive Sentence (6/15/98)
One
Man Sentenced, Another Charged in Dangerous Baggage Cases
(6/25/98)
Four
Convicted in Largest Motor Fuel Tax Fraud in U.S. History
(6/26/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM JULY 1998
Four
from South Carolina Indicted for Fraud in Ongoing
Crackdown on Motor Carrier Violators (7/8/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM AUGUST 1998
Three
Convicted of Racketeering, Extortion in Building Airport
Monorail (8/4/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM SEPTEMBER
1998
Guilty
Pleas Entered in South Carolina Motor Carrier Fraud Case
(9/3/98)
West
Virginia Firm Sentence in disadvantaged Business
Enterprise Fraud (9/17/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM OCTOBER
1998
FHWA
Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Money Laundering
Charges (10/6/98)
Prison
Term for Man Falsifying Tests on Compressed Gas Cylinders
(10/22/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM NOVEMBER
1998
DOT's
Inspector General Announces Charges Against Seven
Louisiana Firms for Clean Water Act Violations (11/5/98)
Guilty
Plea Entered in Hazardous Materials Air Transport
Violation (11/19/98)
PRESS RELEASES FROM DECEMBER
1998
OIG
Releases Assessment of Amtrak Financial Needs Through FY
2002 (12/1/98)
Guilty
Plea Entered in Hazardous Waste-Dumping Case (12/22/98)
Fraudulent
Commercial Drivers' Licensing Alleged (12/22/98)
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