Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)

James R. Ives, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations and Director, Defense Criminal Investigative Services

Mission

The Defense Criminal Investigative Service investigates criminal activity that endangers military personnel, threatens national security, undermines readiness, and diverts vital resources from the Department of War’s core mission.

Aug. 11, 2026

Former Department of Labor Employee Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $40,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits

A former employee of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fraudulently obtaining over $40,000 in pandemic unemployment assistance (PUA) benefits.

Aug. 11, 2026

Eight Individuals Plead to Roles in $11 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy

Eight defendants admitted to their roles in a conspiracy to defraud banks by depositing stolen checks and withdrawing the funds, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced.

Aug. 10, 2026

Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Trying to Obtain U.S. Military Equipment

Earlier today, Dingwei Chen, a 29-year-old citizen of the People’s Republic of China, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City to violating the Arms Export Control Act. U.S. District Judge David Sam accepted Chen’s guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for Oct 19. Chen faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Aug. 10, 2026

United States Intervenes in False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Colorado Medical Companies

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that the United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Aug. 10, 2026

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $46 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability for Kickback Scheme

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Veloxis), a drug manufacturer based in Cary, N.C., has agreed to pay over $46 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that it paid kickbacks to induce prescriptions and purchases of Envarsus XR (Envarsus), the company’s kidney transplant immunosuppression drug.

Aug. 5, 2026

Nevada Doctor Charged with $95 Million Wound Care Fraud on Medicare

A federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned an indictment yesterday charging Stephen Dubin, M.D., 74, of Henderson, Nevada, with a $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts that he and others applied to elderly Medicare patients.

July 28, 2026

Defense contractor to pay $7.75M to resolve False Claims Act allegations

Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (SNC), headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, agreed to pay $7.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations arising from its employment of a government official who, while employed by both SNC and the government, participated personally and substantially in three government contracts awarded to SNC.

July 14, 2026

Medical Device Company to Pay Over $550,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Tactile Systems Technology (Tactile) has agreed to pay $550,959 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare seeking reimbursement for medically unnecessary pneumatic compression devices in violation of the federal False Claims Act.

July 7, 2026

Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Laundering Millions of Dollars for Overseas Scammers

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Samuel D. Marcus, 33, of Oreland, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky yesterday to one count of concealment money laundering.

July 2, 2026

No one is above the law—Florida mother-daughter duo sentenced and ordered to pay over $800k for fraud scheme

Tera Marie Campbell, 47, of Maitland, Florida, and her daughter, Tayler Ann Krauss, 27, of McDavid, Florida, were sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.

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