Meet Aidan Settman
Aidan Settman is a civil investigator specializing in major case investigations and complex fraud.
He helps attorneys and special investigation units (SIU) make sense of messy situations by developing clear, evidence-based findings for legal and claims decisions. His work often involves witness interviewing, timeline reconstruction, scene investigation. Investigations include hit and runs and staged accidents.
Prior to his career in investigations, Aidan was a research assistant for a public health center in North Carolina. He reported research misconduct and was subsequently fired. His whistleblower suit and his discoveries have been the subject of media attention.
Media and work inquiries welcome.
contact@aidansettman.com
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A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job.
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UNC-Asheville whistleblower complaint explored
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How an NC academic publisher ended up under FTC sanction
UNC System official published federally funded paper in scrutinized journal
UNC Asheville names new director of health center amid whistleblower suit
Investigating UNC System Academic Journals
OMICS Persists in N. Carolina
University research needs better publishing guidelines
The Quad: UNC at Chapel Hill at Flint, Michigan

Meet Aidan Settman
Aidan Settman is a civil investigator specializing in major case investigations and complex fraud.
He helps attorneys and special investigation units (SIU) make sense of messy situations by developing clear, evidence-based findings for legal and claims decisions. His work often involves witness interviewing, timeline reconstruction, scene investigation. Investigations include hit and runs and staged accidents.
Prior to his career in investigations, Aidan was a research assistant for a public health center in North Carolina. He reported research misconduct and was subsequently fired. His whistleblower suit and his discoveries have been the subject of media attention.
Media and work inquiries welcome.
contact@aidansettman.com
In the News
A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job.
UNC-Asheville whistleblower suit alleges improper COVID research, grant use
UNC-Asheville whistleblower complaint explored
Questions surround journal used by UNC Asheville center to justify health grant
How an NC academic publisher ended up under FTC sanction
UNC System official published federally funded paper in scrutinized journal
UNC Asheville names new director of health center amid whistleblower suit
Investigating UNC System Academic Journals