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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.

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.