Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the “Evaluation of the DoD’s Tracking and Accountability of Presidential Drawdown Equipment Provided to Taiwan.”

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report, “Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: L.C. Industries, Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi.”

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report, “Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, For Carson, Colorado.”

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD effectively and efficiently implemented accountability and quality controls for items provided to Taiwan using the Presidential Drawdown Authority. We also assessed the DoD’s tracking and inventorying of the presidential drawdown items and the sufficiency of the DoD’s processes to ensure that the PD items met applicable standards.

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that L.C. Industries (LCI) took a series of qualifying actions against (the Complainant) in reprisal for making protected disclosures concerning the improper use of Federal funds and that the Complainant’s LCI supervisor had retaliated against her. The Complainant was employed as an assistant store manager at LCI base supply centers in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that (Subject), U.S. Army Reserve, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (ECAB), removed (Complainant), USAR, 11 ECAB, from a deployment to the Middle East that subsequently made them ineligible for a temporary promotion, in reprisal for making protected communications concerning a sexual assault. The Complainant also alleged that the Subject recommended for release from active duty, also in reprisal.

Kenneth, Christopher, and Irma Flores, the three San Antonio family members who pleaded guilty to government fraud and gratuities charges in August 2023, were sentenced in federal court Friday.

The owner of Middle Georgia Family Rehab who directed two employees to illegally alter documents during a federal civil investigation into alleged improper healthcare billing by the business has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution.

A generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. USA (Glenmark), located in Mahwah, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $25 million, based on its ability to pay, to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for conspiring to fix the price of a generic drug.