Description of document: Department of the Treasury Inspector General (OIG) Office of Investigations Activities FOIA/Disposition (Investigations) Report for the Period Between 01/01/2014 and 12/31/2014

Request date: 31-December-2014 Released date: 06-January-2015 Posted date: 26-January-2015 Source of document: FOIA and Transparency

FOIA Request Department of the Treasury Washington, DC 20220 Fax: 202-622-3895 FOIA Online Request Form

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From: "Delmar, Richard K." Date: Jan 6, 2015 4:44:27 PM Subject: FOIA request - Treasury OIG - investigations closed in CY 2014 Per your request in 12/31/2014 letter. Redactions of identifying details per Exemptions 6 and 7C If you disagree with this resolution of your FOIA request, you can appeal the matter pursuant to 5 U.S.C. section 552(a)(6)(A)(i). Pursuant to the Department's FOIA appeal process set forth in 31 C.F.R. section 1.5(i), an appeal must be submitted within 35 days from the date of this response to your request, signed by you and addressed to: Freedom of Information Act Appeal, DO, Disclosure Services, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. 20220. The appeal should reasonably describe your basis for believing that Treasury OIG possesses records to which access has been wrongly denied, that the redactions are improper, or that we have otherwise violated applicable FOIA law or policy. Rich Delmar Counsel to the Inspector General Department of the Treasury

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Office of Investigations Activities FOIA/Dispositlon (Investigations} Report

F« the Penod ~: 01101l2014 m>d 1213112014

ICompqlnt recet-..d 11 /&/2011, via etMA

Compqlnant alleges C<>nfllcts of IMWMt and 1Elhies Vloi.tlom.

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1 Julyt,2011, TOIGlnldaWdan ~Clvll :011nr2 CMI08l2 I- Into .... ali.gatton um the vlctlon !o11 14

I 'f't L..wd«da... I I io , lllriiirtaty ~ mutllated red«npdon tsubstan!Satl _ __,1_cu_ RREHC_ Y ,claims, totaling OY9f $6,000,000, lO the Bul'ffu fd

i 'BEP-11· 0Tt1-I

W• cwlglndlf opened II* ccmplalnl u l!EP-1~1~ bawd on~ !hat th• subj.a EIS' -p.loyee wotb • nc:cnd, utHpoi19d, Job Ola1 Ina)' ccn!!lct wfth Illa BEP rupo"'.....,.,, and we 1'91'errwd di• rmiuar baclt m Ba> lot~ and actlcn.. On Cl2l20l'201 S, howwvw, IN BEP lnfamed UI

ei.t 1'l9lr ~WU laai!!n; ID a c:onc:Jummn of ttiMal mw tl"aud, &lid they oftand l:ba cue beck ID ua fbc llwu~n (JMlls: u ot 02IUl201S It!• •ublect wa tie an -p!orwe ot b Depa~ Otncu ru llw lllan of SEP). Per SAC Plllltpe - accpet8d Ille c:ae ~ cloAd Ille~ and CPIMd a MW can 11umi.r m addr9a lhlil expanaed ·malllN' a an ln"WUtl;atlon.

BEP C-. Number~~ S• Also: BEP-1~ 1~

• OloOl/2 OltUl2 Ml:ilft»1m1v 012 01C ely Raf9tred/ AcCoo Tabo by91ncu • Crtmlnal Oedllalloo

SutletanO.U d • it.pol\ cl lnvwGgallon !N1*1 IO Bu,..u

• 02/U'2 Admlllls1Adv 0,, el)' RatwNdlNo Acdotl T nan lly811t'KU

Substanlla18 d • Alpottol .._~~

laaued ~ BWMV

0112412 01C

--- -----------------------recelWlcl w 01CJ lnUb rrom • oen 412 oe:t112 SEP regan!ln; tha above Unevti.ianfla 01C 01C aga!lcnl of money *'

• ""9ort cf lmwtl;&Oon HotlMad IO avr.u

rt Complainant ali.gea - Sometime In 1&19 Nowmber 2012, just aft« Thanbgtvtng -had a US TrNsury cMc:lt stolen from our mall I and 1t - for'g9d and c.aahed at a 1oca1 ban It In Pa~. WV. It - a ch.c.lt from Fema.

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Cttmlnal tlon 1°13

CttmlMI I Decilnetlon

tide i r Rltpo<t of I llnvM11ga1ton

jNot tsauect "" I teur..u i I

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"'theft • 1013 14

the auapect, )Sub$i.ntla11S I

•poalbly origln-.d d I 1 ecco.mu ~ mutupe vtalma In Ofdw"" !. Rltpo<t of •

llntwcept and recefw v-.... Atraln (VA) ~nv..llgatlon I ,and Socll;w§lnlatnltlon (SSA) lhs.ueci to I lMneftta. bmw ARMY ButNu I

1-.n. routed the I IYlctlma h • i--Pllld VISA debit . Icard program Wffho<Jt the consent. la>owMdg• 1

1 I°' s>ennb•lon ot tt>e victims. I

VA-OIG ealeula1ed the Initial io.- "" be I I

Subetmnllat. d • Rapoft of

lrrnmllO• Gcxl lsr.md., Bw'au

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-1~.!llPl\!!.ltldt -1 · \usan.; the CO<pOC"atlt banlt - wtltl a.a. 1to< s- F&m'i. The pun:h- - rejected I I because the banlt KCOUnt - a c:orporatle laceounL I ~~ry 20, 2014 CRMS became_. of

TrNSuryOlnd ec:count llat- - I lupuan- · 11, I .2014 by. j~llO &$5 ~the corponte banlt ec:count wll!I a.-I::'.. lnwk. The ptnd\ase wn r.jec:ted because •

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' I the banlt account - a CO<pOnlW account. I IBPD Case Number RM-2014-008 l

~~-"'"' A.dlftln lcwaw2 11105/2 a stungun llO hie cf lnk1nttv 1o'14 4 !

ic. ~In Tem R.r.r..dl I !Intending to charge k to< poalble Ml'f- tlon Tann pRlt8ctlon UM during a chatttable run llO tab by Buruu

I~ the wee!tend Of Aprtl 5 • &, 2014.. No !lhl'Nt wat determined to ulst, but bc1nglng a SubRlntlata I 1-pon Into the BI'S tacllty may be In vlol&IJon ona use 930: ~ o1 Report cf i l"'"""s cw dangerous -•pons 1n Fedef'al _.11ga11on I 'facM.lty. llO

But'MU FiOm lntab 14-1330· On CM/25/2014 BFS PSO

that BFS -ploy9e I 19 the aubject in ~ 14-10311, ~an ton! threat along the llnn of "taking out the

Old.- omc..s anc1 bombing this p4ac:&" I

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~ • Od 2) Bae:llOG Fed - mad.a aW9n of • Otminal ER· c1enq.r we., c:opi.d IPP code on 1 peraon&I Dlclna1llOn 14- mcblla~ 0322· ·Fed Eloflolt conducllld lntam&11nvMU011llcn Sutie1111tta1a

11 • Fed Bae:loft met wlltl the FBI en 12.. d • .• FBI sml8d 11'8)' in.,- or may not put9U9 • Aotport cf

1\.lttl'I« 1nYwllg1llon • lndMdull.I ... us d!lzmin, WC!! A.al&n dueent -- llO and ha wort:ecl appta>: ~ }'Mn b Fed ~ Bonoll

i- lndMdual WU d~ Fed Bonni and II b6¥ed '° be C091'na !l'allUrf dalll tot

'~-' - lit 11111 point, doeen'l tppMr to be any lcompromi.e Of PU ~irl IPP ~ la coneldwed

~ .. :TM FRB'a Ndonal ~ lbapotsU TMlll (J«RT} i. ~a cytier ~allon.

Apr1111, 2011 the Anandal ~ ~c::. ~ (FMS) provided the omce of~ tGen-il {OIG), Oftlce of ~tlons {OC) I. Criminal ""°' lnfonM1lon ...gardlng United ~ !o.di..at1on T.-.ny C!Mcb c:l'larged against the Q-a \: FOfV9fY ln•urance Fund (CAF) ~ by lsut>stanti.w

FMS.Mon Id i. R9por1 of

• Un-..S SlatM ~llgatlon Treaury ct.cu 2310 1220N3o& Intended to<' ;Hot i...- .., hb 0. The dlec2 - ~to 'BurMu i I

pondeoce ~~ :::::::· CrimkW ~!08/1512 i • •nl s.rv1ce NgM'dlng the above- pmv1c11on 012 ~14 I I~ subject and allegations of the above ,. Criminal I ! IMn*I •ubjec1 clalmlng IO have nevw !Oec:llnatlon 1l'9C9Ned • negodn.d TrM•ury cl>Klt in the ~ amount oU,086.11. ·!°~tie•

ICRF '• Report of :1nvn11gat1on

l ~uedlO ~Buteau

Oec:~ber22~2011 In I• Criminal 12612 10/0712 (ASAC :Conviction 012 014

~tof • . ~ p.nen.1 (OOL-OIG), contadl9d the Department ~ti.lit of the T..-nury, Ol!iee of Inspector Gen.al. 1d iomc. of lnwsUgations (TOIG), to the report ·• R9por1 of I lthe theft 8nd ~of Unbd s-(US) !im-llgatlon Treasury ct.ck numb« 4030-04991511. ~ued IO I c a Bureau ASAC • - •aimed he did not .-.:.iv. , US Treuury~number40~991511 In • jlhe amount of $$&,950.00 mllde payable to him I on Nowmb4tr 29, 2011. I

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On January 24, 2012. US Tr.asury check

1number4030-04991511 wae approwd for

,r.e111m&tlon by the Flnandal ~ s.r.ic•.

I l iComplalnt received 2117/2012, viii .mall

Cocnptalnant sent a list of mumed T......ry

lcti.cu

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ButMu .,.._•_Ctblnal ____ ~01mil Ccmtcllon 012 01• • C1tnUnal ~

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!specialist turned on the d4Yice, a pornographic plclut'e- detect9d.

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--W(y !good manegers and busV-. people until 1they ~n •pPtylng tor the 1603

!Program. They ttMn began overcharging on lbtms to lnuease their costs to lhe 1603

00- QUI TAM · Corrupcndtmca rec1lved vta OIG Intake flom • CM! 1~Rlcll Delmar with TOIG O!Tlc:• ofCounu l Oed!nadcn 1 ~; the fOUowtnsr. • Lai::i of 1 ~·tr..

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lbe In SOCA two fcnr.at

employees at llelaton are ft.'>dants rot

BCtlcn 1603 p-ants.. TM two 1llapth:ms wldl pot.M1!al, In ,our view, ara found In p.,...n;ilu 175 and 1..94 ·of Iha oomptalnt (pqtt 41 and 4'MS), and inYolYa tan rr,>ottlna of "placsd In HtVlca" dates.

Md • R8portof llrwat!ga !Ion HotluuedtD aw.u

U~lla Wei • Rapott of lnYUt!gltlon luueel to

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I. 00 made Su balanllata ~Ill to purtbua slgnlftcant d -.mountl of cocaln• flom Iha wvet auppDar of • Attpott Of :tti• lnwetlgidlon. lnwallgadon

!ut::9d tD BurN.11

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!Complaint r-.ee+Yed 812312()13, via ..... a11

Complainant~ document..s wtdence

1or an appar.nt fnludulent application having lbeen aul>mltted tot payment of• 1503 Gnnt.

• Olltl/2 Unsubs!anU. 014 i.d • Raport of lnnsOgdon IMuedlD aun..u

,Flnanclal ~ s.c-tk:e

lea. I ~ 0p9ne Cloud !::" I r Conunena Olapoaldon• d ~ om

jBFS- l'9COWAd 1 ZI noien Tax~ • Ctlmln&I Ol/1112 0112512 13- dur1ng • routine traftlc alcp In Ablny. Cc:Mdlctl 01) 014 1446. A.. OUr1ng Ille cocne ot !!!a im..llQ•Oon It • I ~If\& lh• cMcb...,. SIDl9n ~ubslan!!a•

a rad f.clllly In Sarud:I. A.. by a USPS -d emptoyM. ' • Ailportof

i-tlgallon

Ncllal.cl "° r~

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'.Mcsitiona1 lnfonnatioft 1'9g&tdlng tM m.u.r ' has been obtained from tM TrNSUfY C'-lt

F R.port of I r:-ltgrio<1 Notluued '° 8ul'9aU

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- -lnfcnAaon 8y918al {TCZS} '° uU:t la Ille iJi11 "lll 0 (ATIACKMEHT)

On F.cr.iary 10, 2.012. a tuJt eorc. compttaed -of "'9 Depe111Mnt Of Che T_,.,, Of'llca of Im~ o.n-1, Ofllca of lnw•~ (TOIGJ. and Che Socml Sec:urft)' AdmlnalltrllSon, Oflk:• of lrwpeetor Genaral (S.SA-OIG). ,...,....., lnformaaon regatdlllg 'hudut.nt Sodal Securlty ti.neflla account 1'9dlndlon.

nwn-.

J 111on.., S«'fica BualnMe

~~ 15-JyC-mns

• Cttll\ltl&I 01. Tl 12 0111£.'2 ~ 012 01•

• Su1>81&11"-tt d •~not ll!YMlliga lion Not lMu.d to 81n9&1

• Ol.OJ.12 °"1112 Ad:alnJetmlv 01 2 °'' .., IWwr'ldl .Adb!Taba by8at'Mu

Sllbslllnllllta d • Aloport of !IMilllgdon 1-uedtD a-u

• CMI 11.Q0/2 Oll30f2 ~ 010 01 4 • Cl1lnlnal Comtd!on

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TrMSuty {T,_..,,.), Oftlce of~ j013 ia1' I {TOIG), Ofllce of lnYeatlgatlons (OIJ, I

1receN9d Information from !he int.nal u... ·~ s.mc., cnmlnal in-llgdanll I l(R>-CI) •urrounding !he Ung of hudai9Pt 1 ! incOCIM t&x retllnds utlllz!ng atol9n ldent!IM. liRS.Q repOft9d that cumulatlwfy 11' tax irwfund eheeb, amounting to $I08,7IO,-. I : dlreellld to two PO Som 1n North Carolin&. , ,rRS prwent9d ~ 111 or !he I 11'111Unds from being mded. end !he remaining I

153 _. c:asMd ""*" ~ 1osa °' i I !~~~~.~_:.,. ; also~ as money transmltten. ,

Noc BurNU RaQtad {ZZZ)

I~ ITttM ~~c~a [Obpos~• ~ lomsed

'efs. -_.-ff'OIG _ eonQc1ed by the us~-----=-, ..... r 114- Inspection s.vtce (USPtS) on No"9mbw 22. ~ !013 ' :0243- ::11:11:S, 191>tnllng posatM fl'alidulent US 'j I lTrMllUfY eMeb being~ In Eaaon, tl&te I MO. SpKiftc&lty. IM USPIS proYkMd !he Id I

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IOur of'llee wu notln.cs on November 20, 201 l ,

11Not lsaued to l r.gardlng one of°"" 1ecter eamen from !he BurNu Elkton, MD Poat Oftlee (21921), ti.lno_~

1 IU>nghlaroute~• BMW SUV~ I regb tnltlon • !hla conduct had _... I I

, jdaya and lnvoMd otl..- leee< earn.. being ! 'I l'°'lowed by the Nme vehlele and at leat one I .

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'° lattef eanter In~":~

! ~~.not~ 1--------!-...:..:.._on_th_•_-_--'~"'---un-111-11_12_0_. _Almoa ___ ' --'------'---~---' simultaneously, !he Eldon Po.-t..gan

.~ plae-<•) of mai (containing 1._,parent t-ehedts). from customers In the

v111 OIG lntab l'l"om • Cttmlml 1111512 oemn Ille CCC regarding CcnYlclloo 012 01 ' moft"'I ordws md Ill• • Cl1m!:W

Oedb&!lcn

A i.nt of Ametb (bo9) L.oeJtbax Mnployw !bat proc:e.• ~ bin. Unllied Sia-. cout guanS {USCG) cltared lit IAst one YONEY order and dapoabd It ki.......,.bfllnde.

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ew.i: • 0)11 an OM>112 ~0...012 01' W!Rmtndl ~Taba b)'Bunau • CrblMI ~

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• 02.'0&'2 07a1Q from "4nllnllJtntlY 013 014

Yta OIG lneake from USM regarding

ely R.twndl Adan Taken by!lurMu • Cltall\aJ DeclM9cn

~ Oll2lll M~013 0 14 911~ ~Tabtl byBuneu

iiiNW201im1 mlnltl!ratlY 013 01 4

- ··F11e9alioM ofthe ebow l\amed subfKi and i.UM of lj(>f .. i-lt woft ~

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