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On October 30, 2023, Daniel Israel, former president and part-owner of an asphalt paving company, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for conspiring to rig bids for asphalt paving services contracts in Michigan. According to the information filed in September 2023, as early as March 2013 until at least November 2018, Israel entered into and engaged in a conspiracy with another company and co-conspirators to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to rig bids for asphalt paving services in Michigan.
 
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11.20.2023
On October 22, 2023, Joseph Emerson, an off-duty commercial pilot, was arrested after attempting to shut down the engines of an in-flight passenger plane.
 
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11.20.2023

Defined below are a few terms to help you better understand OIG audit recommendations. Want to learn more about the DOT OIG's audit process? Visit our Audit Proccess page or find answers to frequently asked questions about our audit recommendations.

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11.17.2023

On February 16, Adrian Salari was apprehended by Federal agents at Miami International Airport after a tip alerted law enforcement that he was flying into the United States from Moscow, Russia.

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11.16.2023

CAPTURED:  DOT-OIG Fugitive Arrested in Miami Beach, Florida

The flight from justice for Ricardo Amador Ballesteros Garcia ended on May 29, 2015, when he was apprehended at his Miami Beach condominium after a tip alerted law enforcement to his presence.  Federal Agents transported Ballesteros to the Federal Detention Center in Miami.

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11.16.2023

On May 23, 2017, DOT-OIG fugitive Shonda Renee Stubblefield, a.k.a Shonda McGowan, was arrested in Spring, TX, by DOT-OIG Agents and Deputies of the U.S. Marshals Service and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. Stubblefield was arrested on a Federal warrant issued in response to a grand jury indictment that charged her with theft of public money, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft related to a scheme to fraudulently receive Federal funds through FHWA's Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) Program.

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11.16.2023

CAPTURED:  DOT-OIG Fugitive Arrested in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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11.16.2023

In June 2007, the State of Texas charged Yousef Abuteir with Evading Motor Fuel Taxes and Engaging in a Motor Fuel Tax Scheme.  In July 2007, the United States charged Abuteir with Conspiracy and Motor Fuel Tax Evasion.  In April 2008 Abuteir pled guilty to the federal charges and in December 2008 he was found guilty after a jury trial on the state charges.  In 2009 Abuteir failed to appear for sentencing on the state and federal charges and fled the U.S.

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11.16.2023

On September 18, 2018, DOT-OIG fugitive Eli Kaupp was arrested by Federal agents at the San Francisco International Airport. Kaupp was on his way to Mexico. In December 2007, Kaupp and 13 others were indicted on charges of conspiracy and extortion.

 

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11.16.2023