Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Management Advisory: Review of the DoD’s Roles and Responsibilities for Facilitating the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Through the Maritime Corridor.”

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the “Audit of Cybersecurity of DoD Classified Mobile Devices.” The audit reviewed the effectiveness of select cybersecurity controls to protect DoD classified mobile devices and the classified information accessed, transferred, and stored on those devices.

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released the report “Audit of the Navy’s Accelerated Promotion Programs.” The audit assessed the impact of the Navy’s lack of legal authority over the Accelerated Promotion Programs (APPs) on employees hired in 2016 at the Navy’s four public shipyards. Under an APP, employees may qualify for a promotion at an accelerated rate.

This report contains controlled unclassified information and no redacted version is available. To file a Freedom of Information Act Request, please submit a request to FOIA.gov.

The objective of our review was to assess the effectiveness of the DoD’s efforts to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Our original intent was to conduct a two phased review of the DoD’s role in the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza through the maritime corridor, which included the DoD’s Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability and the Port of Ashdod in Israel.

The objective of this audit was to determine whether DoD Components implemented cybersecurity controls to protect classified mobile devices and classified information accessed, transferred, and stored on those devices, in accordance with Federal and DoD guidance. Cybersecurity controls are safeguards and countermeasures designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information that is processed, stored, and transmitted on or through systems and networks.

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today the annual meeting of the Western District’s Health Care Fraud Working Group, a partnership of federal and state agencies focused on combating health care fraud and protecting taxpayer dollars in the Western District of North Carolina.

Two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers pled guilty to, and a third soldier was charged with, obtaining fraudulent loans through a COVID-19 relief program while stationed at Fort Gregg-Adams. Major Eduwell Jenkins, 42, pled guilty today to defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by obtaining a fraudulent loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Also today, a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging Sergeant First Class Crispin Antonio Abad, 42, with obtaining two fraudulent PPP loans while on active duty. On Nov. 5, Sergeant Malaysia Stubbs, 30, pled guilty to obtaining a fraudulent PPP loan.

Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach.