September 24, 2020 Letter to FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas Regarding Unverified HHS-OIG Agent in March 2, 2018 Interview
On September 24, 2020, Dr. Myria Petrou and Dr. Bradley Foerster transmitted a written communication by facsimile to FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas at the Ann Arbor field office regarding the March 2, 2018 interview.
The letter directly raises the issue that an individual identifying himself as an HHS-OIG Special Agent using the name “Tyson Howard” participated in that interview without displaying a federal badge and could not subsequently be contacted using the information provided.
The communication further states that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) confirmed that it had no record of an employee by the name of “Tyson Howard.”
The letter explicitly asks FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas to explain why the interview was conducted in the presence of an individual who may not have been a federal agent.
The letter further documents a discrepancy in the availability of FBI interview records, in which the University of Michigan possessed unredacted copies of FBI interview materials from the interviews conducted by FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas of Dr. Petrou’s mother, Maria Petrou (January 26 and February 1, 2018), as well as the January 30, 2018 Detroit FBI interview of Dr. Foerster and Dr. Petrou, but did not produce any record of the March 2, 2018 Ann Arbor interview conducted by FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas.
The March 2, 2018 interview record was subsequently obtained only through a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Justice and was produced in redacted form.
The transmission record reflects that the communication was successfully sent to the FBI Ann Arbor field office on September 24, 2020.
This document records that an individual identifying himself as an HHS-OIG Special Agent could not be verified, and requests that FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas account for that individual’s presence at the March 2, 2018 Ann Arbor interview.
No response to this communication is reflected in the record.
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September 24, 2020 letter transmitted to FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas regarding the March 2, 2018 Ann Arbor interview.
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Second page of the September 24, 2020 letter to FBI Special Agent Sue Lucas.
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Facsimile transmission record confirming delivery to the FBI Ann Arbor field office on September 24, 2020.
Related FBI Record:
Unredacted FBI Reports on University of Michigan Employees (2018)
FBI interview materials referenced in this record.
Selected Reporting
- From Mentor to Federal Investigation: The Dr. Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology
- July 26 Documentary Notice and Documentary Chronology Transmitted to City Attorney Kaur, Mayor Taylor, City Administrator Dohoney, and Police Chief Anderson Concerning Ann Arbor Police Department Investigations, Related City Proceedings, and Federal Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026).
- July 7 Documentary Notice to University of Michigan Vice President and General Counsel Timothy G. Lynch Concerning University and Law Enforcement Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026). July 8 UM Announces Lynch Leaving.
- From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
- The Institutional Fingerprint of the FBI Russia-Gate File: Referrals, Consults, Intelligence Reports, and the June 16, 2026 FBI Production
- Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Document More Than Two Years of Unsuccessful Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid (June 2026)
Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.