Blake Percival

Blake Percival is the former Director of Fieldwork Services, WPA for USIS. Percival became a whistleblower after alleging he was terminated from USIS for not ordering his subordinates to submit cases to the U.S. Government for payment that had not been completed. Percival worked for USIS from 2001 to June 2011, when, according to his suit, he was fired after refusing to order his employees to continue an elaborate fraud known as dumping. In July 2011 Percival filed a qui tam whistleblower suit under seal in U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Alabama. Percival’s allegations were investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and in October 2013 the DOJ joined Percival’s suit and removed the seal. The case, United States of America ex rel. Blake Percival v. U.S. Investigations Services, Civil Action No. 11-CV-527-WKW, was filed in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama (Northern Division). The DOJ filed their formal complaint on January 22, 2014. This case is ongoing, and was moved to Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2014.

Education

Percival graduated from Bluefield State College in January 2000 with a Regeants Bachelor of Arts Degree. He graduated from the West Virginia State Police Academy in April 1994 as part of the 86th Basic Class. This certified him as a Police Officer in West Virginia. He graduated from the Montgomery Police Academy’s lateral training class in 1998. This certified him as a Police Officer in Alabama. In 2008 he was licensed as a private investigator by the State of Minnesota Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services.

In April 2013 he was certified in Alabama as a Magistrate by the Alabama Judicial College.

Early career

From February 1986 to March 1992 Percival served in the U.S. Army. While in the Army he worked as a Material Control Accounting Specialist for 4 years and as a Military Police Officer for 2 years. He was assigned at Fort Ord, California, Fort Rucker, Alabama, and Fuerth, Germany. In March 1992 he was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant. From 1994 to 2001, Percival worked as a Police Officer. He held Police Officer positions in West Virginia and Alabama. In West Virginia he worked at Beckley Police Department, and in Alabama he worked at Baptist Health Police Department, Auburn University at Montgomery, (A.U.M.) Police Department, and Wetumpka Police Department. He also worked as a Bailiff at the City of Montgomery Alabama Municipal Court.

USIS

In 2001 Percival began working for U.S. Investigations Services which was later renamed USIS. From 2001 to 2003 he was an Investigator conducting background investigations for the United States Office of Personnel Management, (OPM). In 2003 he was promoted to District Manager and managed Investigators in the Fayetteville, NC area. In 2005 he was reassigned as a Team Leader for Investigators in the Montgomery, AL area. In 2007 he was promoted to District Manager of the Minneapolis District. In January 2011 he was promoted to Director of Fieldwork Services, Western Pennsylvania. He was fired from USIS in June 2011.

After USIS

In September 2011 Percival began working for CACI as an Investigator conducting background investigations for the United States Office of Personnel Management, (OPM). In April 2012 He began working as a Magistrate at the City of Montgomery Alabama’s Municipal Court.