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Reports

Contractors Bribed Chippewa Cree Tribal Officials

The OIG conducted a joint investigation into allegations that the owners of Encore Services, LLC and Ideal Consulting, LLC bribed Chippewa Cree Tribe (CCT) officials to sign and backdate agreements, which allowed the companies to steal millions of dollars from the CCT. We also investigated allegations that CCT employees conspired to embezzle funds from the CCT. We conducted this investigation jointly with the Health and Human Services OIG, the Environmental Protection Agency OIG, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Division. We substantiated the allegations.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Great Falls, MT, United States

Misreporting of Royalty Information Results in Civil Settlement

OIG investigated allegations that Citation Oil & Gas Corporation (Citation) misreported mineral royalty data to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) and underpaid Federal royalties associated with the production of coalbed methane gas from Federal wells located in Wyoming. We determined that for the period January 2006 through December 2015, Citation deducted transportation costs and field fuel volumes inconsistent with marketable condition rules when it calculated and reported royalties to ONRR. In December 2017, Citation entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S.

Investigation
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

, WY, United States

FWS Refuge Supervisor Failed to Deposit Public Donations into the U.S. Treasury

The OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) supervisor and a family member, also an FWS employee, mishandled and potentially embezzled cash collections and donations at an FWS refuge. Our investigation determined that the FWS employees at the refuge violated the Treasury Financial Manual by not depositing the cash donations received from the public into the U.S. Treasury.

Investigation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

United States

Indian Community Councilman Failed to Pay Lease Fees

The OIG investigated allegations that an Indian community councilman failed to pay the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) the required fees associated with farming and grazing leases on an Indian reservation. Our investigation determined the councilman failed to pay the required fees for his leases from 2008 to 2014, resulting in a $135,375 delinquency owed to the affected tribe. The councilman admitted to the tribal council that he had not paid his lease fees and agreed to pay the tribe $13,537 each year for 10 years.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

, MT, United States

FWS Employees Unlawfully Obtained and Used Protected Personnel Records

OIG investigated allegations that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) human resource employee accessed the protected personnel files of a Federal employee without authorization, and that another unknown FWS employee removed a document from the office of a senior manager. We found that the human resource employee unlawfully accessed the Electronic Official Personnel Folder and USA Staffing databases and queried records related to a Federal employee who had been selected for a position.

Investigation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

, GA, United States

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