Archive for: Investigation

CoA Letter Requesting Investigation of IRS Violations

Cause of Action letter to the U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey requesting an investigation of the IRS and their employees in the IRS Cincinnati Service Center in Kentucky for potential violations of the law concerning conspiracy by singling out organizations...

 

CoA Complaint to FEC Regarding DISH Network

FEC Complaint Re DISH Network// Exhibits for FEC Complaint re: DISH//

 

Hatch Act Violations and the Ethics Question

Last week, Cause of Action filed a formal complaint with the Office of Special Counsel regarding remarks by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar during several political rallies in the swing state of Colorado. A CoA investigation determined...

 

Get on the Party Bus with CTA

Get on the Party Bus with CTA

Cause of Action’s investigative report, “A Bus Tour of Chicago-Style Fraud,” revealed the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) may have improperly received up to $150 million in taxpayer funds, dating as far back as 1982. Since our report...

 

Bloomberg News: Chicago Agency Overbilling U.S. Told to Change Mileage Claims

Bloomberg News: Chicago Agency Overbilling U.S. Told to Change Mileage Claims

Chicago Agency Overbilling U.S. Told to Change Mileage Claims The Chicago Transit Authority collected more federal aid than it should have after inflating mileage covered by its bus routes, the U.S. Transportation Department said. The Federal...

 

Press Release: FTA Confirms Overreporting by the CTA

FTA Confirms Overreporting by the CTA Cause of Action’s Investigation Into Potential Fraud With Federal Grant Money Exposes CTA & the Department of Transportation   WASHINGTON – In the wake of Cause of Action’s investigation into...

 

Letter to CTA Confirms Overreporting of Mileage for Grant Money

As Bloomberg News reports, “The Chicago Transit Authority collected more federal aid than it should have after inflating mileage covered by its bus routes, the U.S. Transportation Department said.” Confirming the investigation of...

 

WGN TV: CTA made millions by inflating mileage

WGN TV: CTA made millions by inflating mileage

 

Unredacted: A Bus Tour of Chicago-Style Fraud

The independent auditor whose report Cause of Action obtained and included in our original report, “A Bus Tour of Chicago-Style Fraud,” has decided to come forward and make his name public. Mr. Thomas Rubin is an outside auditor...

 

Cause of Action Reveals As Much As $150 Million in Potential Fraud by the Chicago Transit Authority

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2012                                                                                                     CONTACT: ...

 
 
 
 

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