Investigations

During this reporting period, SIGIR had 1 investigator assigned in Baghdad; 12 investigators in offices in Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and California; and 5 investigative personnel at SIGIR headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Investigative accomplishments this quarter included three indictments, five convictions, and five sentencings. As of July 30, 2012, the work of SIGIR investigators had resulted in 90 indictments, 72 convictions, and more than $177.0 million in fines, forfeitures, recoveries, restitution, and other monetary results. For SIGIR convictions, by affiliation of wrongdoer at the time of criminal activity, see Figure 5.1. For the monetary results of SIGIR investigations, by affiliation of wrongdoer, see Figure 5.2.

Investigative accomplishments this quarter also included 14 suspensions, 11 proposals for debarment, and 17 debarments. As of June 30, 2012, the work of SIGIR investigators had resulted in 94 suspensions, 133 proposals for debarment, and 103 debarments.

This quarter, SIGIR continued to conduct a number of significant criminal investigations related to Iraq reconstruction and to work closely with prosecutors, U.S. partner investigative agencies, coalition partner investigators, and law-enforcement personnel from other countries. As a result of these investigations, 16 defendants were awaiting trial, and an additional 15 defendants were awaiting sentencing at the end of the quarter. Figure 5.3 shows the cumulative number of judicial actions and monetary results resulting from SIGIR's investigations. With prosecutors currently handling a substantial number of additional cases, this trend is expected to continue. For the most recent convictions compiled by the Department of Justice (DoJ), see Table 5.4.

Read the entire SIGIR Investigations section from the July 2012 Report.