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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) administers commercial regulations governing the interstate transportation of household goods. FMCSA makes a variety of information available to help consumers planning a move. Before choosing a moving company, consumers should become familiar with Red Flag Indicators of Moving Fraud and review a Moving Fraud Prevention Checklist.

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Download and share the following fraud posters for your use in increasing awareness at your workplace of how to identify and report fraud, waste and abuse.

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Congress granted DOT-OIG Federal law enforcement authority when it passed the Inspector General Act of 1978.

Our Special Agents have the Federal law enforcement authority to conduct criminal investigations—including the authority to make arrests, obtain and execute search warrants, and carry firearms.

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Investigative Priorities

Our top investigative priorities involve crimes that affect public safety, fraud schemes that significantly impact DOT funds, impact consumer protections and Departmental programs and operations, as well as employee integrity violations.

Transportation Safety Investigations

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The Office of Investigations

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On October 20, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida sentenced Patrick Longsworth to 24 months of incarceration, 36 months of supervised release, and a $300 assessment. Longsworth was convicted of pointing a laser at U.S. Coast Guard and Miami Dade Police helicopters on June 21, 2023.
 
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On October 18, 2023, a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah indicted Jonathan J. Dunn for interfering with the crew of a commercial airline flight.
 
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On October 5, 2023, Christopher Harris pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Western Washington to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.
 
The investigation revealed that on November 20, 2022, Harris aimed the beam of a laser pointer at, and in the flight path of, two airplanes that were in flight near Arlington Municipal Airport in Arlington, Washington. One pilot suffered visual impairment when the laser beam illuminated the cockpit during landing.
 
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