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Office of Criminal Investigations

International Operations Program (IOP) 

OCI’s imports and international related investigations are led by the IOP, which attempts to stop the illicit flow of FDA regulated products into the United States. OCI taps into the global network of law enforcement through its agents posted at the U.S. Embassy in London (https://uk.usembassy.gov/), and The Hague, Netherlands (Europol).

Cybercrime Investigations Program 

OCI’s internet-related criminal investigations are led by the Cybercrime Investigations Program, which strategically targets online transnational criminal networks that threaten the public health of Americans.

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) 

The HCFAC program, or the Pharmaceutical Fraud Program (PFP) is designed to detect, prosecute, and prevent pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device fraud. The PFP gathers information from sources inside and outside FDA and focuses on fraudulent marketing schemes, application fraud, clinical trial fraud, and flagrant manufacturing related violations concerning biologics, drugs, and medical devices. The goal of the program is the early detection and prosecution of such fraudulent conduct to further FDA’s public health mission of protecting the public’s health and safety, reduce health care costs (in most cases before they are incurred), and to deter future violators.

Digital Forensics Program 

Every interaction with a digital device has the potential to leave a trail of what we did, who we did it with, where we were, and when some event took place. This trail is made up of digital artifacts, which are created in the routine operation of a digital device. The challenge is finding useful information and separating it from irrelevant information to construct a narrative of the events. Special Agents in the Digital Forensics Program are specially trained to assist OCI investigations where digital forensics and E-Discovery support is needed.

Technical Surveillance Program 

The Technical Surveillance Program is composed of OCI's Technical Surveillance Specialists who support the needs of each field office. These specially trained and experienced professionals handle the installation of court and administratively authorized surveillance equipment such as recorded phone lines, surveillance, and covert cameras as well as GPS installations.

Polygraph Examiner Program 

Polygraph Special Agent / Examiners can be used as an investigative aid to assist case agents in successfully resolving investigations by vetting information provided by informants, locating hidden assets or fruits of a criminal act, verifying statements given during proffer sessions, and anywhere else where it is deemed necessary.

Investigative Analysis Branch (IAB) 

IAB is the analytical research section of OCI. The Intelligence Research Specialists (IRSs) assigned to this section have access to various open, commercial, financial, regulatory and law enforcement resources. These resources can be beneficial in developing more details about possible leads, criminal investigations, and projects of interest regarding people, business entities, telephone numbers, personal property, professional licenses, social media IDs, imports/exports, financial records, and FDA regulatory data.

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