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Department of Justice

Nigerian national indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for fraud on Employment Security benefits

Seattle – A Nigerian citizen arrested May 14, 2021 at JFK Airport in New York, is now indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his scheme to steal over $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment Security Department, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - University of Wisconsin - Madison

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 5/25/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Resolve the $26,974 in questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which UW-Madison has not agreed to reimburse NSF and direct UW-Madison to repay or otherwise remove the sustained questioned drawdowns from its NSF awards.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $20,431 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding1Rec.3 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice procedures for awards with expiring appropriations. Updated processes could include validating that UW-Madison adequately documents that any Award Cash Management $ervice draws in excess of its actual expenses support immediate cash needs.

Finding1Rec.4 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to strengthen its award set-up processes and procedures to ensure it cannot charge costs to an active award if the Federal appropriations for the award have expired.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $1,593 in questioned costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures surrounding the Award Cash Management $ervice system to ensure that UW-Madison appropriately incorporates credits when calculating the total amount to draw down from, or return to, NSF.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to update its current award set-up practices to require that, when setting up accounts established for NSF awards, personnel ensure that the accounts apply indirect costs using the rates that were established in the Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement in effect as of the date of the NSF grant award, rather than using the rates included within the original grant proposal.

Finding4Rec.1 - Closed

Direct UW-Madison to strengthen its Research Experience for Undergraduate award setup procedures to ensure that personnel select the appropriate indirect cost base.

National Science Foundation OIG

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - Florida State University

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 5/25/2021

Finding1Rec.1 - Closed

Direct FSU to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $4,808 of questioned Award Cash Management $ervice drawdowns for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding1Rec.2 - Closed

Direct FSU to update its administrative and management processes and internal control procedures for awards with expiring appropriations. Updated processes could include: a. Validating that FSU adequately documents that any Award Cash Management $ervice draws in excess of its actual expenses support immediate cash needs. b. Ensuring that FSU’s system prohibits personnel from posting costs to an award after the award’s appropriation expires.

Finding2Rec.1 - Closed

Direct FSU to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $3,648 in questioned publication and other direct costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding2Rec.2 - Closed

Direct FSU to establish clear guidance regarding the allowability of publication expenses, including the need to acknowledge NSF funding sources.

Finding2Rec.3 - Closed

Direct FSU to strengthen its grant closeout procedures to ensure that it reimburses NSF for any expenses that it determines did not benefit the NSF award(s) charged. Additional procedures should ensure that FSU refunds the NSF award(s) for any materials and supplies that it was unable to use before the award’s period of performance expired.

Finding2Rec.4 - Closed

Direct FSU to implement additional controls to prevent personnel from directly charging NSF awards for costs charged to accounts established to accumulate expenses that are not typically allowed on Federal awards, such as credit/debit fees, unless the personnel obtain specific prior approval.

Finding3Rec.1 - Closed

Direct FSU to provide documentation supporting that it has repaid or otherwise credited the $567 of questioned indirect costs for which it has agreed to reimburse NSF.

Finding3Rec.2 - Closed

Direct FSU to strengthen its administrative and management processes and internal controls for applying indirect costs to Federal awards. Updated procedures could include implementing an annual review of other direct costs charged to sponsored awards that include funding for participant support costs to ensure that FSU is appropriately segregating other direct costs incurred on behalf of participants in accounts to which it does not apply indirect costs.

Department of Justice

Charlotte Man Is Charged With Using Stolen Identities To Defraud Government-Funded Coronavirus Aid Relief Programs Of More Than $200,000

Small Business Administration OIG

Small Business Administration’s Implementation of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

The Office of Inspector General Audits Division will perform an evaluation of the Small Business Administration’s implementation of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Our objectives are to determine if SBA designed the program to (1) align with the American Rescue Plan Act requirements including whether designated groups were prioritized and (2) minimize the risk of financial loss.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Implementation of Economic Impact Payments

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Audit | 5/24/2021

Department of Justice

Two Postal Service Employees Plead Guilty to Using EDD Debit Cards to Illegally Purchase Thousands of Dollars in Postal Money Orders

Two United States Postal Service (USPS) employees pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges accusing them of unlawfully buying and cashing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of Postal money orders with unemployment benefits fraudulently obtained with false claims of COVID-related job losses.

U.S. Agency for International Development OIG

USAID Adapted To Continue Program Monitoring During COVID-19, But the Effectiveness of These Efforts Is Still To Be Determined

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

Department of Justice

Schaller Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Department of War OIG

Audit of the DoD Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Awards to the Defense Industrial Base

Full Details: Oversight.gov Report Page

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Nigerian national indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for fraud on Employment Security benefits

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - University of Wisconsin - Madison

Performance Audit of the Implementation of OMB COVID-19 Flexibilities - Florida State University

Charlotte Man Is Charged With Using Stolen Identities To Defraud Government-Funded Coronavirus Aid Relief Programs Of More Than $200,000

Small Business Administration’s Implementation of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

Implementation of Economic Impact Payments

Two Postal Service Employees Plead Guilty to Using EDD Debit Cards to Illegally Purchase Thousands of Dollars in Postal Money Orders

USAID Adapted To Continue Program Monitoring During COVID-19, But the Effectiveness of These Efforts Is Still To Be Determined

Schaller Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Audit of the DoD Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Awards to the Defense Industrial Base

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