Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of C-17 Spare Parts Pricing.” Initiated in response to a DoD Hotline allegation, this audit assessed whether the Air Force purchased spare parts for the C-17 military transport aircraft at fair and reasonable prices under the performance-based logistics (PBL) contracts.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Evaluation of Medical Care Provided to Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Candidates.” Consistent with the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the evaluation was a comprehensive review of health care provided to Navy SEAL candidates, including assessing whether professionals providing health care to Navy SEAL candidates are properly trained, whether quality assurance mechanisms for this care are in place, and whether the DoD has put in place appropriate efforts to mitigate health stress to individuals undergoing this training.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) will conduct an audit of the DoD’s enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM) of defense articles provided to Israel.

These audit reports should not be distributed without the financial statements on which they are based. To request the financial statements and reports, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html.

These audit reports should not be distributed without the financial statements on which they are based. To request the financial statements and reports, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html.

These audit reports should not be distributed without the financial statements on which they are based. To request the financial statements and reports, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html.

Leonard Glenn Francis, mastermind of an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy, was sentenced in federal court today to 180 months in prison and ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy and a $150,000 fine. Francis was also ordered to forfeit $35 million in ill-gotten proceeds from his crimes.

United States Attorney Clare E. Connors announced that Confluence Corp. d/b/a Regal Service Company (“Regal”), a Hawaii corporation and Department of the Navy contractor, has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for payment for work performed by unqualified welders on the USS Chung Hoon, USS John Paul Jones, and USS William P. Lawrence at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility between January 2020 and October 2021.

Dr. Tony Jacob, an optometrist who operated a network of optometry practices in Central Texas, has agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $1,055,379.96 to resolve allegations under the Federal False Claims Act and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. Under the terms of the settlement, the United States will receive $922,071.59 and the State of Texas will receive $133,308.37.