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  • Former sailor given two year prison term for accepting bribes in Afghanistan

    A former U.S. Navy noncommissioned officer was sentenced March 29, 2016,  to 24 months in prison for accepting approximately $25,000 in cash bribes from vendors while he served in Afghanistan.Donald P. Bunch, 46, of Pace, Fla., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern

  • OSI key to sentencing Robins thief

    Simon Watson, 37, of Warner Robins, Ga., was sentenced March 10, 2016, by the Honorable Judge Leslie J. Abrams, to 51 months imprisonment for theft of public funds, aggravated identity theft and failure to appear for sentencing. Watson is also required to pay $3,088.30 in restitution to the Army and

  • USAFSIA reaches graduate milestone

    March 10, 1949, ushered in a new era in federal law enforcement with the graduation of the first class of Special Agents from the fledgling United States Air Force Special Investigations Academy at the Washington, D.C. National Guard Armory.Fast-forward to March 24, 2016, and the USAFSIA graduating

  • Former Hill AFB contractor charged with unlawful exportation

    Scott A. Williams, 51, of Huntsville, Utah, is charged with two counts of unlawful exportation of goods from the United States, false statement in a document and conversion of property of the United States in an indictment unsealed recently in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. Williams is a

  • Scott AFB shipping firms pay $3.65M for falsifying records

    Two shipping companies working with U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., have paid $3.65 million in civil fines for falsifying records on cargo to be moved into and out of Afghanistan, Acting U.S. Attorney James L. Porter of the Southern District of Illinois announced March

  • Fighting fraud in AF SBIR and STTR programs

    In 2015, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Office of Procurement Fraud Investigations Directorate identified an opportunity to fight fraud in the Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The OSI Procurement Fraud Investigations

  • Dallas man pleads guilty to AAFES jewelry theft

    Arthur Lee Hightower, II, a Dallas man who was on the lam for more than seven months following his indictment in May 2015 for his role in a jewelry theft scheme that targeted the Army and Air Force Exchange Services, is in custody, and pleaded guilty Feb. 25 to the scheme, announced U.S. Attorney

  • Boccher named Little Rock MSOY

    When it comes to recognizing the accomplishments of Brittany Boccher, her biggest supporter has always been her husband, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent, Adam Boccher.Now others are taking notice.Mrs. Boccher was selected Jan. 25 as the 2016 Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.,

  • Contractor sentenced for kickbacks, tax evasion

    An Enterprise, Ala., resident was sentenced Feb. 17, in the Southern District of Florida, to 48 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for accepting unlawful kickbacks and tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's

  • Cold Case - Air Force Style

    Currently, there are 61 Air Force deserters who remain fugitives of justice. The oldest deserter on the Air Force books is now 85 years old. He deserted in 1967. The most recent deserter, who is still on the lam, is Master Sergeant Danreddy Jalos. He deserted from an Army installation in the