The OIG's investigative agents are Federal law enforcement officers and as such conduct criminal and regulatory investigations in which NASA is a victim. Contractor employees are charged and convicted in kickback and theft schemes. Contractor employee forfeits property purchased with contract funds. Travel agency owner is sentenced for a theft scheme.
Computer hacker is convicted for felony possession of access devices.
Juvenile computer hacker is sentenced to serve time after illegally accessing NASA computers, obtaining proprietary software, and hacking into military networks to obtain electronic messages. Juvenile is arrested for hacking into NASA computers maintained at multiple locations. Contractor employee is sentenced for unauthorized computer use after being found to have accessed various pornographic Internet Web sites and chat rooms, as well as facilitating remote access of the computer system for an authorized user. New York man is charged for hacking into a NASA computer in California. Canadian hacker is convicted for denial of service attack.