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  • Special Agent receives Bronze Star for saving Airman’s life

    Special Agent Nicolo Solarino, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment. 217, received the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, at a ceremony held at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Nov. 26., for heroic actions taken while under enemy attack during a deployment in 2004. At the time, Solarino was a

  • Child molester gets 30-year prison sentence

    An 18-year-old male who was convicted last year for sexually molesting two minor girls was sentenced by Judge James Canto to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole.Muki Joseph Redhat Callahan was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on Oct. 9, 2013 on four counts of first-degree

  • Government contractor to pay six-figure sum for allegation of improper claims

    A corporation headquartered in Fairfax, Va., J.M. Waller Associates, Inc. (JMWA), will pay $229,060 to settle certain civil claims under the federal False Claims Act in an agreement signed on February 5, 2014. The United States had alleged that JMWA submitted false or fraudulent claims for payment

  • Former Reserve Airman pleads guilty to stealing

    On February 20, 2014, in Del Rio, Texas, 20-year-old Simon Robert Barron, a former reserve U.S. Airman temporarily assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, pleaded guilty to federal charges of stealing government property and burglary of a pharmacy announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman,

  • Defense procurement official sentenced for role in contract bribery scheme

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, in conjunction with the FBI, supported the successful prosecution of a Utah man who was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts. Jose Mendez, 50, of Farr West, Utah, pleaded

  • Former Tinker official sentenced for accepting bribes

    James Lee Loman, 71, of McLoud, Oklahoma, a former Item Manager at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., was sentenced Jan. 29 to 30 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, accepting bribes, and participating in government contracting under an illegal conflict of interest, announced Sanford C.

  • Two OSI agents receive Bronze Star Medals for their work overseas

    Special Agents Adam Lohman and Angelina Montecalvo were recognized for their efforts in support of coalition operations in Afghanistan and Qatar at a Bronze Star Medal ceremony held in their honor October 25.Both agents received a Bronze Star Medal in the ceremony, which was held at the Marine Corps

  • OSI activates Office of Procurement Fraud

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations activated its first ever Office of Procurement Fraud today at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., and included a ribbon cutting ceremony as part of the occasion.With the creation of this new office, OSI will more effectively be able to