Publicly Released: November 10, 2020

This Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress is the 12th and final quarterly report on Operation Pacific Eagle–Philippines (OPE-P), the overseas contingency operation to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) fight against ISIS–East Asia (ISIS-EA) and other terrorist organizations. This report summarizes significant events related to this operation and describes ongoing and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work, and covers the period from July 1 through September 30, 2020.

The DoD OIG newsletter summarizes the reports and investigations released by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in the previous month and those we anticipate releasing in the coming month.

Publicly Released: November 3, 2020

This is the 23rd Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) report to the United States Congress on Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the overseas contingency operation (OCO) to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The report covers the period July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, and summarizes the quarter’s key events and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work related to OIR.

This report begins on page 55 of the FY 2020 USSOCOM Financial Statement Reporting Package. This report may be viewed here, https://www.socom.mil/Documents/FY%202020%20USSOCOM%20Financial%20Statement%20Reporting%20Package.pdf

This report begins on page 49 of the Transportation Working Capital Fund Agency Financial Report, Fiscal Year 2020. This report may be viewed here, https://www.ustranscom.mil/cmd/docs/FY%202020%20USTRANSCOM%20AFR.pdf

This audit report should not be distributed without the financial statements on which it is based. To request the financial statements and report, file a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Department of the Army at https://www.rmda.army.mil/foia/RMDA-FOIA-Contact.html?param=0BR-6K2-HBT-AAA.

NORFOLK, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Chesapeake doctor today on 52 counts related to his scheme to bill private and governmental insurers millions of dollars for irreversible hysterectomies and other surgeries and procedures that were not medically necessary for his patients.

A former civilian program manager for the Oregon National Guard's Oregon Sustainment Maintenance Site (OSMS) was sentenced to federal prison today for making false statements in representing the operational status of military equipment used to maintain the U.S. Army's war-ready posture and billing for $6 million in repairs that were never done, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.

United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces that ERIK MARTIN, aged 48, has been charged by a Bill of Information with Conspiracy to Commit Bribery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 201 (b )(2). If convicted, MARTIN faces up to five years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.