On November 18, 2022, the heads of the Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) for the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State (State), and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) held a joint congressional briefing on their coordinated and individual oversight activities related to Ukraine.

On November 15, 2022, the DoD published the DoD FY 2022 Agency Financial Report, which includes the FY 2022 and FY 2021 Agency-Wide Basic Financial Statements.  The DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed an audit of these Basic Financial Statements, as required by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, and issued a disclaimer of opinion—meaning that the auditors could not obtain sufficient, appropriate audit evidence to support an opinion. 

Last week, leaders from the Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) for the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State (State), and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concluded a joint trip to Belgium and the Netherlands to meet with U.S., allied officials, and international oversight counterparts in furtherance of their comprehensive oversight over the United States' Ukraine response.

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

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

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

A doctor licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere was sentenced today to 3 years for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments. The doctor previously entered into a civil settlement with the Government that requires him and the company he owned to pay $3.1 million.

A federal indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of three defendants and their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky. According to court documents, Phil Pascoe, 60, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana; Monica Pascoe, 4 5, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana; Scott Tubbs, 59, of Georgetown, Kentucky; and Quadrant Magnetics LLC are charged with wire fraud, violations of the Arms Export Control Act, and smuggling of goods for their roles in an illegal scheme to send export-controlled defense-related technical data to China and to unlawfully supply U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) with Chinese-origin rare earth magnets for aviation systems and military items.

Axion Specialty Contracting LLC (Axion) was sentenced to pay a $1,001,989 criminal fine and $313,121 in restitution on Nov. 4 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for its participation in a bid-rigging scheme targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the third sentencing arising out of a long-running investigation into the insulation contracting industry.