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).

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) released its summary report, “Understanding the Results of the Audit of the DoD FY 2023 Financial Statements.” This report explains the financial statement audits in a way that is understandable to non-auditors, and describes how those audits are important to DoD operations and financial management.

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.

This report discusses the planned, ongoing, and completed oversight work conducted by the DoD, State, and USAID Offices of Inspector General, as well as the other U.S. oversight agencies that coordinate their activities through the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working Group.

The DoD prepares the annual DoD Agency Financial Report and the Component-level financial statements to provide an overview of the financial and operational performance of the DoD and its Components. The DoD issued its FY 2023 DoD Agency Financial Report, which included the FY 2023 DoD Agency-Wide Financial Statements, on November 15, 2023. The DoD OIG performed an audit of the FY 2023 DoD Agency-Wide Financial Statements and oversaw independent public accountants as they performed audits of the DoD Components’ financial statements.

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.