Inspector General (IG) Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report, “Evaluation of the Control and Accountability of DoD Biometric Data Collection Technologies.” The biometric devices included as part of the review were the Biometric Automated Toolsets (BAT), Secure Electronic Enrollment Kits (SEEK), Javelin, Biosled, and the Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE).

FY 2024 Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Operation Atlantic Resolve (JSOP-OAR) is the annual joint strategic oversight plan submitted to Congress by the Lead IG for OAR.  This plan complies with the oversight requirements pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 419 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.  The JSOP-OAR describes the Lead IG and partner agencies’ oversight of U.S. Government activities in support of the ongoing OAR mission, including activities related to Ukraine.

Inspector General (IG) Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report, “Audit of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Storage and Care of Repair Parts and Components for the Army Ground Combat Systems (GCS).” The report highlights deficiencies with how two DLA Distribution Centers stored and cared for $1.96 billion worth of repair parts and components for Army Ground Combat Systems.

The objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the DoD ensured adequate control and accountability over technologies used to collect, store, and transmit biometric data to higher‑level databases in overseas operations.

These audit reports should not be distributed without the financial statements on which they are based. To request the financial statements and reports, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html. This report is a result of Project No. D2023-D000FI-0039.000.

These audit reports should not be distributed without the financial statements on which they are based. To request the financial statements and reports, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html. This report is a result of Project No. D2023-D000FI-0039.000.

GE Aerospace, an operating division of the General Electric Company, has agreed to pay $9,413,024 to resolve allegations that its Lynn, Mass. manufacturing plant (GEA Lynn) sold parts to the United States Army and the United States Navy that were either not properly inspected or were nonconforming, in violation of the False Claims Act.

The owner of a marketing company located in India admitted his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today. Chintan Anjaria, of India, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in Newark federal court to an information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: From February 2017 to May 2022, Anjaria participated in a kickback and bribery scheme with orthotic brace supply companies, elemedicine companies, and testing laboratories, resulting in the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.

Donald Felix Zampach, who concealed his mother’s death in 1990 then stole more than $800,000 in government benefits intended for her, was sentenced in federal court today to 24 months in prison. Zampach pleaded guilty to money laundering and Social Security fraud in June 2023. According to his plea agreement, Zampach’s mother died in Japan in 1990. At the time of her death, she was receiving a widow’s pension from the Social Security Administration and an annuity from the Department of Defense (DoD). Zampach maintained his mother’s bank accounts for over three decades after her death, forged her signature on certificates of eligibility to keep her government benefits in pay, and fi led forged federal income taxes.