MISREPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND FALSE STATEMENTS BY A TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (2011-10144-IG)

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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
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(U) MISREPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
AND FALSE STATEMENTS BY A TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER
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David B. Buckley
Inspector General
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Assistant Inspector General
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Office of Inspector General
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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
(U) MISREPRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND
FALSE STATEMENTS BY A TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
(2011-10144-IG)
12 March 2012
Section 1 � Subject:
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Section 2 � Predication:
Based on a 2008 United States Secret Service investigation that identified
an Agency contractor as possessing a degree from a known diploma mill, the Office
of Inspector General (OIG) initiated a proactive investigation on 5 August 2008 into
Agency staff claiming degrees from non-accredited institutions. OIG matched a list
of known, unaccredited institutions against Agency BIO information to identify any
individuals who had provided degree evidence to Human Resources. One of the
claimed a bachelor's and master's degrees
individuals identified,
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Section 3� Potential Violations:
(U) Title 18 U.S.C. � 1001 (Fraud and False Statements, Statements or entries
generally) provides in pertinent part:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the
jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the
United States, knowingly and willfully-
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or
(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any
materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. ...
Section 4 - Investigative Findings:
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stated in part:
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obtained both bachelor's and master's degrees in
obtained an accredited bachelor's degree from prior to enterin
b on duty with the Agen reported the degrees from
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(b)(7)(c) .(21 (Exhibit C1Jparticipated in the restitution program from DOJ, and
claimed restitution for the unaccredited degree. To obtain restitution, students were
required to file claim forms stating that they were victims of fraud.
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received reimbursement check from DOJ
(S//NF) (Exhibit D) presented his two degrees from
Government on multiple occasions, including performance appraisals and job
applications. None of the positions required a master's degree. Individual
presentations included:
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' The attached letter is the template sent to all individuals reimbursed by the Department of Justice. Individual
letters were not retained.
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frer (Exhibit E) During his 9 October 2008 interview with OIG, when asked if
he had used his master's degree in any way in the Agency, stated that he did not
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(b)(7)(c) y was made aware that his degrees from were fraudulent as
part of the DOJ settlement and received res tutioti jobtained a second
bachelor's degree before applying to the Agency because he
was aware he needed an accredited degree to qualify for a federal government position
FurtherL J stated to OIG that he was aware his degrees were
not accredited and had not used his degrees within the Agency. Despite being aware
of the status of his degrees knowingly presented his degrees to the Agency for
use in being promoted and obtaining positions The degrees
were not just listed on his Agency BIO� highlighted them and provided
additional details on his master's thesis. OIG believes tha presentation and
highlighting of degrees were false statements in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.
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believe he mentioned the degree to anyone except to request it be removed from his
BIO.
421 (Exhibit E) stated multiple times during his interview with OIG
that he did not recall receiving any correspondence from DOJ regarding the
case. Further stated multiple times that he did not recall receiving any money
from the DOJ settlement
Section 5 � Conclusions:
41r OIG referred to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of
Virginia (EDVA) on 12 March 2009 for violation of Title 18 U.S.C. � 1001 (Fraud and
False Statements, Statements or entries generally). EDVA declined prosecution on
22 December 2009 for lack of prosecutive merit in favor of administrative action.
1001
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multiple occasions, and that he received a reimbursement check from DOJ
OIG believes that made false statements in violation of
Title 18 U.S.C. � 1001 to OIG by stating that he had not used his degrees within the
Agency and that he had not receiv nt mone from DO
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Section 6 - Recommendation:
CONCUR:
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David B. Buck1ey
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Section 7 � Exhibits: (b)(3) CIAAct
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Exhibit A - Department of Justice Notifications -J (b)(7)(c)
Exhibit B - Background investigation details -
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Exhibit D - Documents where presented his degrees to the Agency
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