The APA previously contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) but stated its concerns had remained “largely unaddressed for over 18 months.” Based on evidence from APA and a review of relevant documentation, the Transportation OIG initiated an audit to examine FAA’s oversight of AA.

The Department of Transportation OIG was contacted by the Allied Pilots Association (APA), whose members raised safety issues in the American Airlines (AA) flight test program, including the use of unqualified pilots and a culture of suppressing safety complaints. The attorney fled to Honduras but was later apprehended and sentenced to 27 years in prison. As a result of SSA OIG’s investigation, the ALJ pleaded guilty to two felonies and was sentenced to four years in prison. The scheme involved multiple co-conspirators and spanned approximately 3,149 disability claims to whom SSA awarded more than $550 million in lifetime disability benefits. SSA OIG’s investigation substantiated these allegations and uncovered the largest fraud scheme in the history of the Social Security program. The Social Security Administration OIG investigated whistleblower allegations that an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in West Virginia received cash in exchange for fraudulently granting disability benefits to individuals represented by a particular attorney. What is whistleblowing and why is it important?Ī whistleblower is an employee who discloses information that the individual reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement gross waste of funds an abuse of authority a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety or a violation of law, rule, or regulation.

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