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.
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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.
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.
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.
