Investigations

During this reporting period, SIGIR had 1 investigator assigned in Baghdad; 12 investigators in offices in Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and California; and 6 investigative personnel at SIGIR headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Investigative accomplishments this quarter included 2 indictments, 3 convictions, and 6 sentencings. As of December 31, 2011, the work of SIGIR investigators had resulted in 70 indictments, 61 convictions, and more than $175 million in fines, forfeitures, recoveries, restitution, and other monetary results. For SIGIR convictions, by affiliation of wrongdoer, see Figure 5.2. For the monetary results of SIGIR investigations, by affiliation of wrongdoer, see Figure 5.3. Investigative accomplishments this quarter also included 1 proposal for debarment and 7 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 SIGIR investigations, 7 defendants are awaiting trial, and an additional 16 defendants are awaiting sentencing. Figure 5.4 shows the increases in the number of judicial actions and monetary results achieved in each of the last four years based on SIGIR’s investigations. With prosecutors currently handling a substantial number of additional cases, this trend is expected to continue. For a comprehensive list of convictions compiled by the Department of Justice (DoJ), see Table 5.4.

Read the entire SIGIR Investigations section from the January 2011 Report.