NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201 WILSON BOULEVARD
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22230
, OFFICEOF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
MEMORANDUM
, . Date: March 16, 1998
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To: I970 10005
Via:
Re: Resolution of case
In Tanuarv 1997, I conducted a review of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards
mahe to NSF grantees. During this review, I determined tha q ~ e i a r k'DE,, had
possibly received a duplicate SBIR Phase I award from the Department o ucation (DoEd) as
the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I referred this matter to S/A
of the DoEd Office of Inspector General.
S/A nd u c t e d an investigation of and subsequently filed a
criminal information in the Dstrict of Delaware on The criminal information
charged -sole Principal Investigator,w t h applying for and
receiving duplicate SBIR projects without making t e proper 'sc osures in the proposal. It
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further charged t h i v i d e d the same final report to both agencies.
On February 17, 1998, ead guilty to one count of 18 U.S.C. 1341, Mail Fraud. He is to 1 1
be sentenced on June 1
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Due to lack of evidence to suggest other violations, further investigation is not warranted at this I
time. This case is closed.
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SBIR
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 1998-03-16.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)