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  • Law enforcement partners, including AFOSI Field Investigations Region 6 Commander, Col. Vasaga Tilo, Jr., third from right, and AFOSI Detachment 601 Commander, Lt. Col. Tasha E. Vick, second from left, pause during the Operation Keiki Shield news conference in Honolulu, Nov. 18, 2019. The media event centered on an unprecedented series of law enforcement operations in 2019 aimed at protecting Hawaii's keiki (children). (Photo courtesy Hawaii Attorney General's Office)

    Hawaii attorney general announces Operation Keiki Shield results

    Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors announced on Nov. 18, 2019, that the Department of the Attorney General, through its Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and along with numerous county, federal and military law enforcement partners, conducted an unprecedented series of law enforcement operations through 2019 aimed at protecting Hawaii's keiki (Hawaiian for children).
  • James Smalley, 42, a quality assurance engineer from Penn Yan, N.Y., pled guilty Feb. 5, 2020, before a U.S. district judge, to falsifying inspection reports for space parts. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. (Courtesy photo)

    Florida man convicted of fraudulently exploiting programs designed to protect service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and small disadvantaged businesses

    A federal jury in Cleveland convicted a Florida man of major fraud, wire fraud and submitting false and fictitious claims after he engaged in a six-year long scheme to defraud the government. James Allen Clark, 62, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 25, 2020.
  • Long Island Company, Aventura Technologies, Inc., supplied Chinese-made surveillance equipment to U.S. Government and private customers while falsely claiming its products were "Made in the U.S.A." (Dept. of Justice graphic)

    Aventura Technologies, senior management charged with fraud, money laundering and illegal importation of equipment manufactured in China

    The Long Island, N.Y., company, Aventura Technologies, Inc., supplied Chinese-made surveillance equipment to U.S. Government and private customers while falsely claiming its products were "Made in the U.S.A."
  • In a case investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, a Niceville, Fla., man was sentenced late last week in federal court to serve 70 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography and attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor. (Courtesy photo)

    Government contractor sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation

    Thomas E. Turner, 58, of Niceville, Fla., was sentenced late last week in federal court to serve 70 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography and attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor. Turner will also be required to register as a sex offender as part of his sentence as announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
  • The Air Force Office of Special Investigations Office of Procurement Fraud Investigations joined fellow federal agencies in a collaborated effort to resolve a claims investigation into a consulting firm's overbilling on government contracts. The firm agreed to pay $6.4M to settle the case. (AFOSI graphic)

    DoJ reaches $6.4M settlement with consulting firm for overbilling AF contracts

    The U.S. Department of Justice and CH2M Hill have reached a $6.4 million settlement to resolve allegations that CH2M Hill overbilled the U.S. Air Force for environmental consulting work and then continued to overbill despite an audit highlighting the problem, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran Oct. 24, 2019. At issue is the use of consulting staff who did not meet the minimum educational requirements of two Air Force contracts.
  • The exercise biological dispersal device, developed by Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agents Randy Flinchbaugh and Zeth Lackey of the 2nd Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Md., detonates at the JBA Main Gate Oct. 23, 2019. (AFOSI photo)

    Special agents instrumental in successful exercise

    Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agents assigned to Joint Base Andrews, Md., were integral participants in an 11th Wing, JBA, Md., joint Disease Containment / Anti-terrorism exercise Oct. 23, 2019. AFOSI joined fellow JBA members including installation first responders, security forces, plus Hazardous Materials and Bio-Environmental experts. The exercise measured the installation’s mission readiness and ability to respond against a terrorist threat utilizing a man-made biological weapon.
  • Several Air Force women officers discuss leadership topics of interest during the inaugural AF Women Officers' Forum Leadership Retreat in West Virginia, conducted by members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Sept. 12-15, 2019. (AFOSI photo)

    AFOSI agents host inaugural AF women officers' forum leadership retreat

    Thirty women Air Force officers from across the country and a variety of career fields gathered in West Virginia for a retreat which helped refine leadership skills, encouraged deep introspection, sharing, and practicing with tools outlined in an actionable playbook Sept. 12-15, 2019. The retreat was the product of planning by Air Force Office of Special Investigations female leaders.
  • Col. Michael C. Mentavlos, right, the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the AFOSI Region 6 Commander, was recently selected to represent the Air Force Reserve and AFOSI on the Defense and Security Issues Committee (DEFSEC). Here, Senior Master Sgt. Alan Frank presents him with a token of appreciation from the men and women of the 24th Expeditionary Field Investigations Squadron at the 24 EFIS Change of Command ceremony at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 15, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley L. Gardener)

    AFOSI Reservist makes history with selection for DEFSEC

    Col. Mike Mentavlos, the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to Air Force Office of Special Investigations Region 6 Commander, Col. Vasaga Tilo, Jr., was recently selected to represent the Air Force Reserve and AFOSI on the Defense and Security Issues Committee (DEFSEC).
  • Long Island Company, Aventura Technologies, Inc., supplied Chinese-made surveillance equipment to U.S. Government and private customers while falsely claiming its products were "Made in the U.S.A." (Dept. of Justice graphic)

    Former AF NCO given 40 years in prison for child pornography charges

    A federal judge sentenced a former Air Force staff sergeant assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to 40 years in federal prison Oct. 24, 2019, for receipt and distribution of child pornography. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Lt. Col. (Special Agent) Jeffrey Hall, Commander, 11th Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, and FBI Special Agent In Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Jared Paradis, left, and Senior Airman Edward Bofill were selected as members of the new Protective Service Detail (PSD) supporting the standup of the Air Force's 11th Combatant Command, United States Space Command Aug. 29, 2019. (AFOSI photo)

    New PSD stands up for USSPACECOM

    In conjunction with the standup of the Air Force's 11th Combatant Command, United States Space Command, Aug. 29, 2019, the Air Force office of Special Investigations welcomed a new Protective Service Detail (PSD).
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