The Office of Inspector General for the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a report concluding that GSA’s transformational contract pricing pilot is plagued with inaccurate and unreliable data.
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A San Antonio, Texas, man was sentenced in a federal court to 188 months in prison for wire fraud and tax fraud.
An Uxbridge, Massachusetts, man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the government of thousands of dollars from 2014 to 2018.
Adobe Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it made payments in violation of the Anti-Kickback Act in return for influence over the sale of Adobe software to the federal government.
A federal grand jury in San Antonio, Texas, returned an indictment charging four members of a San Antonio family with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
A Maryland woman pleaded guilty in Boston to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the government of thousands of dollars.
A former General Services Administration official was sentenced to 30 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for directing government procurement contracts to government contractors.
A man from Tampa, Florida was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered the forfeiture of $40,039.67, which represents the proceeds he obtained from these offenses.
Darius Lopez (27, Tampa) was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The owner of several companies in the construction industry was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $1.75 million fine for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud the United States.
U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton sentenced two brothers, Andy Teruel Colina (25, Miami) and Adrian Teruel (31, Orlando), to federal prison terms.
A Grand Prairie man pleaded guilty to lying to the federal government about where his company’s products were manufactured.
Two former employees of the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs entered guilty pleas in a $2.9 million embezzlement scheme.
Honeywell International Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $3.35 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling defective material for bullet proof vests used by law enforcement officers.
Terry Roe of Burlington, ND, the final defendant to be sentenced in a wide-ranging conspiracy that developed, manufactured, and imported $20 million worth of Chinese-made counterfeit U.S. military uniforms and gear that were passed off as genuine American-made products to the U.S. military was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.
A Brooklyn, NY, clothing and goods wholesaler who directed the development, manufacture, and importation of $20 million worth of Chinese-made counterfeit U.S. military uniforms and gear that were passed off as genuine American-made products has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit the $20 million in proceeds that he got from the sale of the counterfeit goods.
David Joseph Bolduc, Jr., 61, of Herndon, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a government contract fraud scheme. Bolduc and QuantaDyn bribed a government official to obtain confidential government information and secure government contracts.
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A Parkville, Missouri, man who was charged in two federal cases was sentenced in federal court for his role in a $335 million scheme to defraud federal programs that award contracts to firms owned by minorities, veterans, and service-disabled veterans, and in a separate case to filing false tax returns that cheated the government out of more than $615,000 in taxes owed.
A Tomah, Wisconsin, man has been charged in a 12-count indictment that alleges he engaged in a scheme to defraud the United States and to obtain money by making false representations.
A Monmouth County, New Jersey, company will pay $7.6 million under a consent judgement for its role in making false statements to obtain government contracts that were set aside for businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.
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United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and indictment of Darius Lopez (27, Tampa) charging him with one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
A Middlesex County, New Jersey, gas station manager admitted making approximately $78,000 in fraudulent fuel charges using account information belonging to more than 17 gas station customers, including Amtrak.
A former employee of the U.S. General Services Administration was sentenced in federal court in Boston for receiving illegal gratuity.
A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned an indictment charging a resident of Florida with running a massive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment with an estimated retail value of over $1 billion.
An Uxbridge, Massachusetts, man has agreed to plead guilty to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the government of thousands of dollars.
A woman from Star, Idaho, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for falsely claiming that a business she controlled qualified as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business.
A federal jury in San Antonio, Texas, convicted the owner of several companies in the construction industry for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud the United States.
A federal grand jury convicted Milton Boutte, 77, of Moriarty, New Mexico, of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
A General Services Administration Contracting Official pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.
Jared Newman of Montrose, Colorado, was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
Cape Henry Associates (Cape Henry), located in Virginia Beach, has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to inform contracting officers of the company’s organizational conflicts of interest in connection with the award and performance of task orders on government contracts.
A Weatherby Lake, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for falsely claiming ownership in a firm that fraudulently received hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts set aside for service-disabled veterans and certified minorities.
Hensel Phelps Construction Company, a large construction company headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, has agreed to pay $2,804,110 to resolve allegations that it improperly manipulated a federal subcontract designated for a business owned and operated by a service-disabled veteran.
Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kentey Ramone Fielder, age 42, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court in Yakima, Washington, to 40 months in federal prison, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release.
A California man was convicted on six counts related to the theft of over $23 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Defense, money destined for one of its jet fuel suppliers.
A Chesapeake woman pleaded guilty today to bribing a government official.
A Star, Idaho woman pleaded guilty to making a false statement in connection with government contracts.
Sean O’Sullivan, of Sackets Harbor, New York, and David Rose, of Newport News, Virginia, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their roles in a fraudulent scheme to obtain government construction contracts that were set aside for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
A former employee of the U.S. General Services Administration pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to receiving illegal gratuity.
The president of a company providing goods to government agencies was sentenced today to 99 months in prison – 87 months for attempting to defraud businesses in connection with government contracting and an additional 12 months for violating his supervised release.
A Fayetteville woman was sentenced today to 108 months in prison. She previously pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and money laundering arising out of schemes to defraud the United States Department of Defense and businesses in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Vanessa R. Waldref, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today the creation of a new, interagency COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force to combat fraud arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
TriMark USA, LLC of Mansfield, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries improperly manipulated federal small business set-aside contracts around the country.
The Nightingale Corporation, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, paid a $969,609.42 settlement to the United States to resolve allegations of government procurement fraud arising under the False Claims Act.
Craig Klund, 58, of Yankton, South Dakota, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.
Four Anchorage, Alaska, individuals involved in a bribery and fraud scheme to obtain Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business government contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have been sentenced in federal court.
An Olathe, Kansas, man who conspired with others to control construction businesses that received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government contracts, was sentenced in federal court for defrauding the government with respect to contracts set aside for service-disabled veterans and certified minorities.
Bangor, Maine: An Old Town man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making false statements to the government, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
Cindy McAleese, age 55, of Dexter, New York, was arraigned on a one-count indictment charging her with conspiring to commit an offense against the United States by seeking and accepting gratuities.
Jimmy A. Meron, owner of WOW Imaging Products LLC (WOW) and part owner of Time Enterprises LLC (Time), has paid $100,000 to resolve allegations of knowingly overcharging federal agencies for imaging products; Michael J. Lowe, Meron’s co-owner of Time, has paid an additional $120,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
On October 22, 2021, a federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted Christina Rochelle Anglin, aka Christy Anglin, of Burnsville, North Carolina, of employment tax fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Billy Micah Sermons (44, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), a federal agency. Sermons faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and payment of restitution to the federal government. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
A Fayetteville woman pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of wire fraud and money laundering arising out of schemes to defraud the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and businesses in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
A Maryland-based federal company, as well as its president and sole owner, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations that they solicited and received kickbacks in connection with federal government contracts reserved for “8(a)” small businesses.
Igor Yurkovetsky pleaded guilty in connection with an ongoing investigation into a conspiracy to rig bids submitted to the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of Justice announced.
Daren Arakelian, age 53, of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced today to three months in jail for a wire fraud scheme to import Chinese goods into the United States and then causing his company, Great 4 Image, Inc., to deceptively market and sell those goods to federal agencies as U.S.-made.
A Parkville, Missouri, man who was charged in two federal cases pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $335 million scheme to defraud federal programs that award contracts to firms owned by minorities, veterans, and service-disabled veterans, and in a separate case to filing false tax returns that cheated the government out of more than $615,000 in taxes owed.
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey gas station manager was charged today in connection with entering fraudulent charges on fuel credit cards assigned to at least four Amtrak vehicles, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
