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https://oig.justice.gov/
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DOJ
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Department of Justice
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United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline

If you know about waste, fraud, abuse, misconduct, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a Department of Justice (DOJ) employee, program, contract, or grant you may report it to the DOJ OIG Hotline.  The DOJ OIG has jurisdiction over disclosures involving DOJ employees, programs, contracts, and grants, including disclosures concerning these DOJ components:

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • U.S. Marshals Service
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
  • United States Attorneys Offices
  • employees who work in other Divisions or Offices in the Department of Justice

The DOJ OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:

  • Employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Employees of DOJ contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and subgrantees
  • DOJ employees who believe their security clearance or access to classified information has been taken in retaliation for whistleblowing
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

The following matters are NOT generally investigated by the DOJ OIG.

  • 911 emergencies
  • EEO Complaints (For such matters, please refer to the DOJ Equal Employment Opportunity Office.)
  • Misconduct by judges at the federal, state, or local level.  (For more information on judicial misconduct by federal judges, please refer to the U.S. Courts.)
  • State and local police departments (unless the misconduct concerns DOJ grant funds)
  • State and Local prisons (unless the complaint involves a U.S. Marshals Service inmate)
Hotline Page
https://oig.justice.gov/hotline/index.htm
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://oig.justice.gov/hotline/whistleblower-protection

Inmate sentenced for bribery charge

Inmate sentenced for bribery charge
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Investigative Press Release
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Inmate sentenced for bribery charge CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jarrail Lamont Smith, an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution Hazelton, was sentenced today to an additional 57 months of incarceration for a bribery charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Smith, 30, pleaded,,,

Former FBI Special Agent Found Guilty of Accepting Bribes Paid by Lawyer Linked to Armenian Organized Crime Figure

Former FBI Special Agent Found Guilty of Accepting Bribes Paid by Lawyer Linked to Armenian Organized Crime Figure
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Investigative Press Release
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Former FBI Special Agent Found Guilty of Accepting Bribes Paid by Lawyer Linked to Armenian Organized Crime Figure LOS ANGELES – A Bay Area man and former FBI special agent was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in,,,

FCI Dublin Correctional Officer Faces Sexual Abuse Charges Against Two Additional Incarcerated Victims

FCI Dublin Correctional Officer Faces Sexual Abuse Charges Against Two Additional Incarcerated Victims
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Investigative Press Release
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FCI Dublin Correctional Officer Faces Sexual Abuse Charges Against Two Additional Incarcerated Victims OAKLAND–A grand jury handed down a superseding indictment today charging former FCI Dublin correctional officer John Russell Bellhouse with sexual abuse charges against two additional female,,,

Former bookkeeper of federally funded domestic violence shelter sentenced to prison for misusing shelter funds on personal expenses

Former bookkeeper of federally funded domestic violence shelter sentenced to prison for misusing shelter funds on personal expenses
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Former bookkeeper of federally funded domestic violence shelter sentenced to prison for misusing shelter funds on personal expenses CINCINNATI – The former bookkeeper of My Sister’s House, a now-shuttered domestic violence shelter in Washington Court House, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court,,,

Recommendations Issued by the Office of the Inspector General That Were Not Closed as of August 31, 2022

2022
22-118
Other
Department of Justice OIG
Department of Justice

This report contains information about recommendations from the OIG's audits, evaluations, reviews, and other reports that the OIG had not closed as of the specified date because it had not determined that the Department of Justice (DOJ) or a non-DOJ federal agency had fully implemented them. The...

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