U.S. Attorney Declined Criminal Prosecution in HHS-OIG Investigation of ALS NIH Grant R01NS082304 — The Later-Discovered July 20, 2017 Complaint
On February 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) responded to Dr. Myria Petrou’s Freedom of Information Act request for the final report concerning its investigation involving NIH Grant R01NS082304.
HHS-OIG released an August 21, 2019 Closing Investigative Memorandum for Case No. 5-17-0-0192-4. The memorandum described an investigation of alleged fraud in the funding of a study through NIH Grant R01NS082304 and stated:
“Discussions with the Office of the United States Attorney resulted in a declination of the criminal prosecution. The criminal case is therefore closed.”
The memorandum also stated that the case had been investigated for possible violations of 18 U.S.C. § 666, Theft or Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds.
When Dr. Petrou and Dr. Foerster obtained this record in 2021, they understood HHS-OIG Case No. 5-17-0-0192-4 to have arisen from Dr. Petrou’s July 15, 2017 complaint concerning NIH Grant R01NS082304. The closing memorandum itself identified R01NS082304 as the grant involved in the investigation.
Dr. Petrou and Dr. Foerster did not know that a separate complaint regarding University of Michigan radiology billing had been submitted to HHS-OIG on July 20, 2017 under Dr. Petrou’s name without her knowledge. Dr. Petrou and Dr. Foerster did not discover that complaint until 2024, through subsequent federal records and FOIA disclosures.
Later HHS-OIG records also established that Dr. Petrou’s actual July 15, 2017 complaint had been administratively closed on October 5, 2017.
HHS-OIG Case 5-17-0-0192-4 Documentary Chronology
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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 a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.