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Justice Department Declines Prosecution of Company That Self-Disclosed Export Control Offenses Committed by Employee
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 National Security Division (NSD) criminal violations of U.S. export control laws committed by its former […]
Putnam County Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment and COVID-19 Benefits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 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.
Revitalizing the Deep Space Network to Support NASA’s Growing Space Exploration Program
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 22 hours and five gigantic radio antennas to detect Voyager 1’s faint signal and receive […]
Safeguarding NASA’s Assets
The Office of Investigations pursues allegations of cybercrime, fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct related to NASA’s programs, personnel, and resources.
Audit of NASA’s Zero Trust Architecture
March 27, 2025 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 the Chief Information Officer). However, by delaying ZTA implementation of non-corporate (mission […]
What Lies Ahead in 2025
Preview our planned 2025 audit reports as we continue our objective oversight of NASA’s major programs, projects, and partnerships.
Eastern North Carolina Man Sentenced to Over Four Years for Role in $1 Million COVID Fraud Scheme
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 various offenses related to a Covid fraud scheme. On September 24, 2024, Exum pled guilty […]
Audit of NASA’s Awards to Small Disadvantaged Businesses
February 13, 2025 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.
Canadian Citizen Charged With Aerial Photography Of Defense Installation
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 of one year in federal prison on each count.
South Lake Tahoe Man Sentenced to over 2 Years in Prison for Impersonating Federal Officers
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 Beckwith announced.