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OIG continues to receive credible information that “internet hackers” are targeting vendors providing goods and services to Department missions overseas in an effort to defraud the United States. The current scheme, affecting posts in the Bureau of African Affairs, involves unknown individuals hacking into the actual e-mail accounts of legitimate embassy vendors. See the OIG fraud alert for more information.
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Our Spring 2018 Semiannual Report to the Congress is now available. The report covers OIG’s oversight work during the reporting period from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018.
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This is the 13th Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) quarterly report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve, the overseas contingency operation to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and the 2nd quarterly report on Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines, the overseas contingency operationto support the Philippine government’s fight against ISIS affiliates and other terrorist organizations.
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A former State Department contractor was found guilty by a federal jury for stealing government property and selling it for personal gain. OIG special agents investigated this case.
OIG published its July 2018 snapshot of OIG activities, which highlights OIG work in June 2018.
The owner, chief executive officer, and former president of a Texas construction company, HERC Solutions, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of State out of $1.37 million. OIG special agents investigated this case.
