Investigations

On February 5, 2020, the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, sentenced James Warner to 120 months’ incarceration, 24 months of supervised release, a $1,000 special assessment, and $11 million in restitution. The court held Warner, former department manager for utilities and infrastructure at the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), and co-conspirator William Pritula, owner of Pritula & Sons Construction, LLC, jointly responsible for the restitution, which is payable to WCAA. A forfeiture judgment of $5,474,132.48, previously entered against the two men, will be applied to the total restitution amount.

 

On June 5, 2019, a jury in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, convicted Warner for his role in a complex white-collar fraud scheme at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

 

DOT-OIG conducted this joint investigation with the FBI.