Air Force officials investigated a now-deceased Air Force Research Laboratory scientist on suspicion of more than a half-dozen crimes while the man worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to a search warrant application unsealed last week.
The scientist was accused of pushing a defense contractor with whom his AFRL office did business to hire a prostitute with whom he was having a relationship for a technical job using a faked resume.
Those details come from the search warrant application and an affidavit from an Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent. Those court documents include statements from the defense contractor, who came forward almost 18 months later after employing the woman for nearly a year.
The affidavit also includes information from audio recordings and computer records the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) obtained from the scientist’s government-issued phone and laptop.
The Dayton Daily News is not naming the scientist because it was not immediately clear if the man was ever criminally charged between the time the probe started in March 2019 and his death in September 2021.
Officials from AFRL, AFOSI and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday about the status of the investigation, or administrative actions taken in light of the allegations.
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