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Sabotage and Fraud

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
7D-16628
Report Type
Investigation
Description
The owner of Corrosion Monitoring Services (CMS), a TVA contractor, pleaded guilty to one felony count of Misprision of a Felony, one felony count of Obstruction of Justice and one felony count of Witness Tampering. The charges were related to an allegation that CMS purposefully damaged metal tubes used in an air heating and exchange system at TVA’s former Paradise Fossil Plant in order to repair those tubes under the CMS contract with TVA.
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Tennessee Valley Authority OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

That CMS be debarred from performing work for the United States until such a time as it can demonstrate the present responsibility to do so.