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  • 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)

    Federal contractor pays $435K to resolve False Claims Act exposure

    Silvis Technologies, Inc., a California-based company specializing in wireless communication systems, agreed July 25, 2019, to pay $435,806 to resolve a False Claims Act investigation into the company's cost-based billing on government contracts. AFOSI PF Det. 6, OL-A, Hanscom AFB, Fla., and four fellow federal agencies, conducted the investigation
  • Veteran Air Force keglers, Maj. Danielle Crowder, formerly of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Judge Advocate General's office, now Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and Staff Sgt. James McTaggart from Creech AFB, Nev., captured the Mixed Doubles title at the Armed Forces Bowling Championships at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., July 23, 2019. (Photo by NPASE MW)

    Former OSI JAG member rolls to second bowling title

    Despite taking a two-pin loss to the Navy for the Women's Doubles crown, Air Force veteran bowler Maj. Danielle Crowder teamed with veteran Air Force kegler Staff. Sgt. James McTaggart to capture the Mixed Doubles title at the Armed Forces Bowling Championships at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., July 23, 2019.
  • 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)

    ITT Cannon pays $11M to settle False Claims Act allegations with the military

    ITT Cannon has agreed to pay the United States $11 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it supplied electrical connectors to the military that had not been properly tested, the Justice Department announced July 16, 2019. ITT sold the untested connectors both directly to the Government and through distributors and other government contractors, which incorporated them into technology and equipment sold to the Government.
  • David Lutzow, chief of the Imaging and Extraction Section at the Defense Cyber Forensics Laboratory, points to a color X-ray image of a cellphone. The lab is among the many operations at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) in Linthicum, Md. (Photo by Bryan Spann/ Ft. Meade/PA)

    DC3 works closely with Ft. Meade cyber units

    Anyone with a passing knowledge of Fort Meade knows that the installation is the center for cyber operations in the United States. The U.S. operates seven federal cyber centers to cope with threats in the cyber domain. Three of those fall under the Department of Defense. Locally, the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command operate two of those. The third is the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).
  • 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)

    Jury finds San Antonio man guilty on federal child pornography charges

    A 27-year-old San Antonio man was found guilty June 27, 2019, on federal child pornography and obscenity charges of attempted enticement of a minor and attempted transfer of obscene material to a 14 year-old minor, who in reality was an agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
  • 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)

    Defense contractor to pay $4.2M settlement to the AF

    PAE Applied Technologies, LLC, has agreed to pay $4,200,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States Air Force, Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma announced June, 28, 2019. The case was investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Procurement Fraud Detachment 2, Tinker AFB, Okla., and Defense Contract Audit Agency.
  • San Diego Sheriff Department Deputy Alex Roti and Comisario Gerardo Andres Valenzuela, Policia de Investigaciones (PDI) Santiago, Chile, flank a drone during the first Unmanned Aerial Systems Seminar in California hosted by AFOSI FPD, Chile, May 20-24, 2019. (Photo submitted by SA Carlos Vargas, FPD, Chile)

    FPD Chile hosts first drone seminar

    Air Force Office of Special Investigations Force Protection Detachment, Chile, hosted the first Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Seminar with the Carabineros de Chile (Chile’s uniformed police; preventive) and the Policia de Investigaciones (PDI-Chile’s Investigative Police) at four Southern California law enforcement locations and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Southwest Field Office May 20-24, 2019.
  • Perseverance paid off for AFOSI Detachment 541, London, United Kingdom. After nearly two years coordinating with numerous international law enforcement agencies, Det. 541 helped them bring an Army Most Wanted fugitive deserter to justice. (AFOSI graphic)

    International cooperation brings fugitive to justice

    Nearly two years ago Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 541, London, United Kingdom, began coordination with the Metropolitan Police, London Regional Security Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Army Staff Judge Advocate Corps, the UK Home Office, Ministry of Defense Police, and U.S. Air Forces in Europe UK legal staff to find a path to arrange the apprehension of a wanted U.S. soldier. This matter dragged on since 2013 and was a constant recurring issue for the UK Home Office and for members of the U.S. Mission in London.
  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations Procurement Fraud Detachment 6, Joint Base Andrews, Md., teamed with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to support the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, to investigate the nature and extent of overbilling by a Westbury, N.Y., aerospace and defense contractor, resulting in a $2.6 million settlement. (AFOSI graphic)

    PF agents lead first joint-agency international investigation of combat contract corruption in the CENTCOM AOR

    Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agents from the Procurement Fraud Detachment 6, International Contract Corruption Task Force, identified and led the first ever joint-agency international investigation with Qatari Law Enforcement into an Al-Udeid Air Base contractor’s attempt to bribe a U.S. Government official.
  • Perseverance paid off for OSI Detachment 613, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. After 18 months of planning, renovating and working in other workspaces around the base, the det returned to its fully renovated facility following a ribbon cutting ceremony May 23, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Mendez)

    Det. 613 receives infrastructure upgrades

    After nine months of utilizing various facilities here to accomplish their mission, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 613 is finally finding their way back to their fully renovated workspace. The $730,000 project began nearly 18 months ago with the main goal of creating a more efficient and effective space to accomplish mission requirements, while maintaining the safety and security of agents and their Korean partners.
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