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Reports

Tribal School Employees Failed To Repay Payroll Advances

Report Number
17-0220

The OIG investigated allegations that two former employees of a tribally controlled school funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) did not repay payroll advances. We found that one employee failed to repay the school for more than $77,000 in payroll advances and the other failed to repay the school for more than $16,000 in payroll advances. Both employees admitted to owing the funds and that they made no attempt to repay the money when they were no longer employed by the school. We referred this matter to the U.S.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

, NM, United States

Alleged Preferential Treatment in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Boundary Decision

Report Number
18-0608

We investigated whether the boundaries of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) were modified, at least in part, for the personal financial benefit of former Utah State Representative Michael Noel, who owned property along the GSENM border and who is currently the executive director of the Kane County (UT) Water Conservancy District. Our investigation focused on: 1. Whether the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) followed an established process for assessing proposed boundaries for national monuments, including the proposed GSENM boundary modifications 2.

Investigation
Other

BIA Firefighters Convicted for Intentionally Setting Wildland Fires on the Cherokee Reservation

Report Number
15-0177

The OIG investigated an allegation that Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Administratively Determined (AD) firefighters intentionally set wildland fires for profit on the Cherokee Reservation in Cherokee, NC. We found that firefighters Raymond Swayney, Grady Davis, Zachary Winchester, and three others caused or participated in several wildland arsons for profit between fiscal years 2010 and 2014, impacting hundreds of acres in Cherokee and costing the Federal Government thousands of dollars. Swayney, Davis, and Winchester pleaded guilty in U.S.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Cherokee, NC, United States

Offshore Platform Operator Did Not Inspect Platforms As Required

Report Number
15-0608

The OIG investigated allegations that Prime 8, LLC, a company that conducted oil and gas operations and inspections in the Gulf of Mexico, violated departmental regulations and created records to support fictitious inspections of offshore platforms regulated by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). We found the company did not perform platform visits and inspections as required, and documents prepared by the company’s owner concealed that the mandatory platform visits had not occurred.

Investigation
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

, TX, United States

Investigation of Misconduct Allegations at Haskell Indian Nations University

Report Number
17-0074

The OIG investigated allegations of mismanagement from students, faculty, and administrators at Haskell Indian Nations University (Haskell) against the Haskell President. The complaints included allegations that the Haskell President and other university officials mishandled misconduct complaints, and that the Haskell President bullied employees, committed nepotism for the benefit of a family member, and showed favoritism towards a subordinate employee.

Investigation
Bureau of Indian Affairs

United States

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