Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of Repair Pricing on the F/A-18 Hornet Radar Systems.” This audit was initiated after the DoD Hotline received allegations that the U.S. Navy was overpaying an aerospace and defense company for repairing the F/A-18 Hornet’s Airborne Fire Control Radar Systems. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of the Navy (DON) obtained fair and reasonable pricing for such repairs.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Management Advisory: Concerns with Elevated Radon Levels at Naval Support Activity Naples” to bring immediate attention and resolution to a health and safety issue that could impact DoD personnel.

Today, the Inspectors General from the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released the third quarterly report to the United States Congress on Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR).

The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Department of the Navy obtained fair and reasonable pricing for repair of Airborne Fire Control Radar Systems on the F/A 18 Hornet.

The purpose of this management advisory is to inform the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Housing of the lack of DoD policy addressing potentially elevated levels of radon in off-base housing outside the continental United States and to notify Navy officials of the need to better communicate potentially elevated radon levels to personnel living in Naples off-base housing.

Transmittal of the Independent Auditor’s Report on the Army’s System Supporting the Delivery of GFEBS Administrative, Operational, Contract Vendor Pay, Civilian Payroll, and Reimbursable Work Order – Buyer Transaction Processing Support Services for the Period of October 1, 2023, Through June 30, 2024.

Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov, 50, made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio today after being extradited from Greece.

This week, Dr. Azhar Shakeel, M.D. agreed to pay $619,994 to the government to resolve a pending lawsuit filed by the United States and the State of Oklahoma pursuant to their respective False Claims Act statutes.

Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D., age 51, of Sylvania, Ohio, pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept kickbacks in connection with a fraudulent telemarketing and medical supply scheme throughout Washington and in other states. United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke imposed a sentence of 24 months in federal custody to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, as well as restitution of $839,566.44. In addition, Judge Dimke imposed a fine of $50,000.