Another reason not to lie on the medical form
I’m wondering what precipitated this now… The convictions were in 1983 and 1995, and the report says that his statements on the annual form in 1999 through 2003 were the issue. How did this eventually come to light?
Note: OUI=”Operating (a motor vehicle) Under the Influence (of alcohol, etc)”
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Press Release
Source: U.S. Attorney
Logan Air Traffic Controller Sentenced For Lying About OUIs, Reports U.S. Attorney
Thursday August 12, 10:02 am ET
BOSTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A Logan air traffic controller was sentenced yesterday in federal court in connection to his May trial conviction for making false statements about previous OUI convictions on a form he was required to submit each year to the Federal Aviation Administration to remain certified for his job.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Theodore L. Doherty, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Inspector General in New England, announced that RONALD MYLES HATCH, II, age 49, of Lynnfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to 2 years of probation and a $500 fine. HATCH was convicted by a trial jury on May 19, 2004 of five counts of using a false document knowing it to contain a false statement.
Evidence presented during the three-day trial proved that each year from 1999 through 2003, HATCH made false statements on his annual Federal Aviation Administration medical certification form by stating that there was no change in his conviction history for driving while under the influence. In fact, HATCH had been convicted on two occasions for driving while under the influence, in May of 1983 and July 1995, that he had not disclosed to the FAA.
There was no evidence presented during the trial that HATCH was impaired while working as an air traffic controller.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra S. Bower in Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.
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"Major Crimes Unit?" This gentleman must have really irritated someone. I would understand if he'd simply been fired, but prosecuted by the Major Crimes Unit?
FYI: The warning on the medical form says:
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Whoever in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or who makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or entry, may be fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, (18 U.S. Code Secs. 1001; 3571