ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG CONCLUDES WHISTLEBLOWER INVESTIGATION INTO CONNECTICUT PORT AUTHORITY

(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today released a letter to the Connecticut Auditors of Public Accounts summarizing and concluding a whistleblower investigation into the Connecticut Port Authority. In January 2020, the Auditors received several allegations from a whistleblower regarding potentially improper and unethical conduct by Port Authority employees, board members and a contractor, Seabury PFRA LLC (“Seabury”). The APA reviewed the whistleblower’s allegations and, in April 2020, reported its findings to the Office of the Attorney General. Upon receipt of those findings, The Office of the Attorney General opened an investigation pursuant to Sections 4-61dd(a) and (d) of the Connecticut General Statues. As part of that investigation, the Office of the Attorney General conducted interviews and reviewed over 223,000 pages…

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