 CT was involved in a criminal investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) in the mid @-@ 1990s of Ed 's Transmission , a transmission shop in Everett used by the agency for bus parts . Detectives from the FBI and Snohomish County Sheriff seized records from both parties and began a two @-@ month audit of Community Transit management . The auditors released a report that criticized the management style of Executive Director Ken Graska and his department heads , leading to the former 's resignation in December 1993 after nine years at his position . Federal prosecutors accused Ralph Woodall , the 50 @-@ year @-@ old co @-@ owner of the shop , of 15 counts of mail fraud after intentionally overbilling for transmission repairs . Community Transit Maintenance Director Michael Lynn resigned after confessing that he had accepted gifts from Woodall in exchange for sending all of CT 's transmissions to Ed 's Transmissions without going through competitive bidding . A U.S. District Court jury found Woodall guilty of 15 counts of mail fraud in December 1996 , with Judge John C. Coughenour sentencing him to 2 @.@ 5 years in federal prison the following May , along with Ed 's Transmission being forced to pay a $ 825 @,@ 000 settlement after a civil suit was filed . 
