Investigations

On July 25, 2017, Nazal Sadiq pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Oakland, California, to identity theft. Sadiq, an airline transport pilot, submitted falsified FAA documents to a foreign air carrier.

 

In December 2015, Sadiq applied for a position with Korean Air Lines (KAL). During the application process, Sadiq presented KAL with an FAA temporary airman certificate that contained a falsified Boeing 777 rating. By doing this, Sadiq fraudulently represented to KAL that he was qualified to perform as a pilot-in-command, when in fact he was not.

 

DOT-OIG conducted this investigation with the FBI.