Findings of Misconduct by an FBI Supervisory Special Agent for Making False Representations, Working for an FBI Contractor, Accepting Gifts from an FBI Applicant, Assisting the FBI Applicant in the Employment Selection Process, and Misusing a Government Vehicle and Cell Phone

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this

investigation upon the receipt of information alleging that a Federal Bureau of Investigation

Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), engaged in outside employment with an FBI contractor

without FBI approval; falsely represented material facts on mortgage loan documents; and

misused the SSA’s government vehicle.

During the course of its investigation, the OIG found indications that the SSA accepted gifts

from an applicant for FBI employment, a prohibited source; used FBI resources to vet clients for

the contractor with whom the SSA was employed; made false statements on annual financial

disclosure forms; and misused the SSA’s government cell phone.

The SSA resigned during the course of the investigation after the OIG sought to interview the

SSA.

The OIG investigation substantiated that the SSA violated federal law or regulation in making

false representations related to two mortgage loans and filing false annual financial disclosure

forms by not reporting income received from the contractor. The OIG investigation also

substantiated that the SSA violated federal law or regulations, and FBI ethics policies, by

working for a contractor that was currently under contract with the FBI, accepting gifts from an

applicant for FBI employment and assisting the applicant in the selection process, misusing the

SSA’s government vehicle by allowing family members to ride in the vehicle, and exchanging

sexually explicit text messages on the SSA’s government cell phone.

Prosecution of the SSA was declined.

The OIG has completed its investigation and provided its report to the FBI for appropriate

action

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