The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent unit established by law which is responsible for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and mismanagement in the General Services Administration's (GSA) programs and operations. Our mission is to help the GSA to effectively carry out its responsibilities and to protect the public interest by bringing about positive changes in the performance, accountability, and integrity of GSA programs and operations.
We meet our mission through:
- Independent audits and reviews of contracts, data and financial systems, information technology, and programs.
- Criminal and civil investigations.
- Reviews of proposed legislation and regulations.
- Consultation with GSA, congressional, and law enforcement officials.
RECENT REPORTS
RECENT NEWS
Yuksel Senbol, 36, of Orlando, pleaded guilty to 25 felony counts in Florida federal court, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, seven counts of money laundering, conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), four counts of violating the ECRA, and one count of violating the Arms Export Control Act.
A Florida resident and dual citizen of the United States and Turkey was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison for running an enormous operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment.
The guilty plea reflects Aventura’s long-running, lucrative scheme to purchase Chinese-made security equipment and resell it as U.S.-made, including to multiple agencies of the U.S. government, branches of the military and to customers overseas in the public and private sectors.
