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Verizon Business Network Services LLC, of Ashburn, Virginia, has agreed to pay $4,091,317 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it failed to completely satisfy certain cybersecurity controls in connection with an information technology service provided to federal agencies.

Three members of a San Antonio family pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to government contracts fraud for services at U.S. Army medical facilities.

The U.S. General Services Administration Office of Inspector General is committed to supporting whistleblowers and ensuring that they are protected from retaliation once they make a protected disclosure.

Foresee Results, Inc. and Verint Americas, Inc. have agreed to pay $7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing to the United States that they used the methodology of the American Customer Satisfaction Index to measure customer satisfaction.

OMNI Business Systems, Inc., located in Alexandria, VA, has agreed to pay $80,944 to settle a civil fraud case alleging that OMNI violated the Trade Agreements Act and the False Claims Act by fraudulently misrepresenting the country of origin for certain products on federal supply schedules.

Milton Boutte was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $1,210,000 in restitution.

A Cook County, Illinois, man was arraigned after the Illinois Attorney General’s office alleged he fraudulently used a government-issued fuel credit card to purchase more than $10,500 in fuel for personal use.

A Florida resident and dual citizen of the United States and Turkey pleaded guilty yesterday in the District of New Jersey to running an extensive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment.

A former U.S. Department of the Army employee made his initial appearance in court for allegedly stealing over $800,000 in government property,

A Grand Prairie, Texas, man was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.15 million in restitution for lying to the federal government about where his company’s products were manufactured.