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Joint Child Exploitation Operation Leads to Arrests of 10, including 4 Undocumented Foreign Nationals
March 28, 2025 — "Large-scale, proactive child exploitation chat operations such as these directly support Department of Defense priorities to protect Navy and Marine Corps communities from the threat of harm posed by child predators." -Special Agent in Charge Emily Schmid of the NCIS Norfolk Field Office Norfolk, Va. – The NCIS Norfolk Field Office, in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations and the Hampton Police Department, conducted a proactive child...

A Legacy of Service to his Country
March 24, 2025 — At Nearly 100 Years Old, Former Sailor and NIS Special Agent Roy Mosteller Reflects on his Navy Career Roy Mosteller was just a lad in high school when he decided he wanted to join the Navy. Being born and raised in Long Beach, California, he felt the Navy was the only choice for him.It was the early years of World War II. He remembers flipping through his high school yearbook and seeing that nearly a quarter of the boys he went to school with were already in the military.Determined to serve, he...

NCIS News Recap
March 8, 2025 — Joint Investigation Leads to Indictments of Chinese Nationals for Computer Hacking Campaign: NCIS, the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Departments of State and the Treasury announced coordinated efforts on March 5 to disrupt and deter the malicious cyber activities of 12 Chinese nationals, including officers of the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Public Security, employees of a private PRC company and members of Advanced Persistent Threat 27. Read more...

Joint Investigation Leads to Indictments of Chinese Nationals for Computer Hacking Campaign
March 5, 2025 — "The defendants’ years-long hacking conspiracy to steal data from cleared defense contractors that support the U.S. military—among many other U.S.-based victims—and sell it to customers with ties to the Chinese government poses a significant threat to our national security. NCIS remains committed to working with the FBI and our law enforcement partners around the world to expose malicious actors who seek to undermine the cybersecurity of the Department of the Navy.”...

Local Drug Task Force Investigation Results in Seizures of Narcotics, Cash, and Weapons
March 4, 2025 — "This joint investigation reflects the commitment of local and federal law enforcement partners to aggressively combat the distribution of controlled substances in communities where our warfighters and their families live and work.” -Special Agent in Charge Kelly Parrish of the NCIS Carolinas Field Office CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The NCIS Resident Agency Camp Lejeune Special Operations Unit, as part of a local drug task force, participated in the execution of a...

Navy Sailor Arrested for Providing Fraudulent DoD Identification Cards for Illegal Chinese Nationals
March 3, 2025 — "This case represents the importance of joint efforts by NCIS and Homeland Security Investigations necessary to safeguard our critical military infrastructures and disrupt fraudulent methods of access. Our unwavering commitment to working with our law enforcement partners ensures that we can protect our warfighters and their communities, who directly support our national security.” -Special Agent in Charge Norm Dominesey of the NCIS Southeast Field Office...

NCIS Efforts Result in Guilty Plea for Plotting Attack on Naval Station Great Lakes
February 27, 2025 — "This international joint terrorism investigation required a massive effort by the FBI and the NCIS Office of Special Projects to conduct surveillance, execute search warrants, utilize undercover techniques and review many gigabytes of computer data. Mitigating these increasingly complex terrorist threats is not something that NCIS, or the federal government, or any one law enforcement agency, can do alone, which is why we remain committed to working with our law enforcement...

NCIS Provides Support to Marines Deployed to Southern Border
February 21, 2025 — NCIS Director Omar Lopez visited California and Arizona Feb. 18-20 to see firsthand the work being done by the U.S. Marine Corps to secure the southern border, as well as NCIS’ efforts to keep those Marines safe from harm. The NCIS Marine West Field Office, Southwest Field Office, and multiple other NCIS elements are working with a number of agencies and groups, including Northern Command/Joint Task Force North , USMC (I Marine Expeditionary Force/1st Marine Division), U.S. Customs and Border...

NCIS Warns Sailors, Marines of Foreign Intelligence Gathering Threat
February 21, 2025 — NCIS is warning service members across the fleet about the threat of foreign intelligence information gathering efforts. Foreign intelligence services regularly attempt to contact Department of the Navy and Marine Corps personnel online and solicit sensitive information through social media and mobile applications. Targeting attempts to solicit sensitive information can be independent of your ethnic background, language fluency, and other factors. Members of the military, former members of the...

NCIS-Supported Investigation Results in Lockheed Martin Agreement to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Defective Pricing
February 13, 2025 — "Overinflation of production and sustainment costs for an aircraft critical to our national defense undermines operational readiness and erodes the trust placed in the Department of Defense by the American people. NCIS and our investigative partners remain steadfast in our commitment to investigating entities that compromise the integrity of government contracts." -Special Agent in Charge Greg Gross of the NCIS Economic Crimes Field Office The following...