Defendant Converted $1.4 Million from Business Loan for Personal Use Beckley, West Virginia—Ross Jay Bailey, 50, of Cool Ridge, pleaded guilty today to theft of government money. Bailey obtained a $2 million loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…

Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OlG) released its Spring 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress, which highlights the OlG’s accomplishments between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. During this reporting period, the OIG focused on three key challenges…

The Payment Integrity Information Act was enacted to improve efforts to identify and reduce federal improper payments—payments the federal government should not have made or made in an incorrect amount under statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirements. NASA…

Company’s Prompt Self-Disclosure and Extraordinary Cooperation Led to Employee’s Successful Prosecution for Unlawfully Exporting Software to a Restricted Chinese University The Justice Department today announced that it has declined the prosecution of Universities Space Research Association (USRA) after it self-disclosed to the Department’s…

Charleston, WV — James Lomax, 33, of Hurricane, pleaded guilty today to theft of public money, property or records. Lomax admitted that he fraudulently obtained $13,312 in unemployment benefits, including COVID-19 supplementary funds.

How do you communicate with a spacecraft 15 billion miles away from Earth? NASA launched the historic Voyager 1 probe nearly half a century ago, and since then it has ventured farther than any other mission. Today, it takes over…

The Office of Investigations pursues allegations of cybercrime, fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct related to NASA’s programs, personnel, and resources.

Zero trust architecture (ZTA) is a cybersecurity approach based on continual verification of each user, device, application, and transaction to protect critical systems and data. NASA has made progress implementing ZTA across its corporate systems (managed by the Office of…

Preview our planned 2025 audit reports as we continue our objective oversight of NASA’s major programs, projects, and partnerships.

New Bern, NC — A Snow Hill man was sentenced to 50 months in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud related to Covid-19 loans.  In March of 2024, Tyreek Rasheed Exum, 26, was charged in a multi-count indictment alleging…

The Office of Inspector General is closing its audit of NASA’s awards to small disadvantaged businesses due to the rescission of an executive order issued by the Biden administration in 2023, which formed the basis for our work.

Orlando, FL—United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the filing of a criminal information charging Xiao Guang Pan (71, Canada) with three counts of using an unmanned aircraft to photograph vital defense installations and equipment without authorization. If convicted, Pan faces a maximum penalty…

Sacramento, CA — Anton Andreyevich Iagounov, 38, of South Lake Tahoe, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta to two years and three months in prison for four counts of impersonating a federal officer, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele…

The NASA Authorization Act of 2000 directs the NASA Office of Inspector General to annually assess the Agency’s compliance with federal export control laws and reporting requirements regarding cooperative agreements between NASA and China or any Chinese company.