Welcome to the Office of the
Inspector General's (OIG) Public Affairs news and
information archive for 1999. 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.
 Trucking Company, Owner
Sentenced in Driver Log Fraud Case (1/22/99)
Two Plead Guilty in
Motor Fuel Tax Evasion Case (1/22/99)
Head of
Aircraft-Maintenance Firm Charged with Making False
Statements (2/3/99)
Former Police Officer
Pleads Guilty To Background-Check Falsification, Sex
Charges (2/3/99)
Three Indicted in
Alleged Highway-Contracting Fraud (2/5/99)
Trucking Firm, Owners,
Drivers Sentenced in Conspiracy Case (2/19/99)
Mover Sentenced in
Hazardous Waste Case (3/3/99)
Firm, Principals
Convicted for Failure to Properly Temper Critical
Aircraft Parts (3/3/99)
Federal Ship-Repair
Overseer Pleads Guilty to Charge of Accepting Gratuity
(7/7/99)
Firm,
Vice-President Plead Guilty in Substandard Aircraft Parts
Case (7/7/99)
Firm, President
Indicted in Sale of Alleged Substandard Parts for Rescue
Helicopters (7/7/99)
Israeli Owner of Van
Line Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Hiring Illegal Aliens
(8/25/99)
Three Plead
Guilty to Conspiring to Deliver HAZMAT to Air Carrier
(9/30/99)
Trash-Hauling
Firms Fined $3.3 Million in Fraud Against U.S. Navy
(9/30/99)
Trucking Firm Charged
in Alleged Violation of Shutdown Order (10/6/99)
Mechanic in SabreTech
Case Indicted for Contempt of Court (10/13/99)
New York Man Charged
with Filing False Tax Return Related to Ship Repair
Kickback Scheme (10/13/99)
Mississippi Owner
Sentenced for Falsifying Gas Cylinder Records (10/13/99)
Transportation
Inspector General to Review Airline Practices on
Overbooking, Access to Lowest Fares (12/14/99)
American
Airlines Holding Company Pleads Guilty to Mishandling
Hazardous Waste at Miami International Airport (12/16/99)
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