Nov. 5, 2015

Army Captain Pleads Guilty To Gratuities Charge

United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, DAVID ANTHONY KLINE, 32, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pled guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to solicitation and receipt of a gratuity and aiding and abetting the same, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 201(c)(1)(B) and 2.

Nov. 5, 2015

President Of Ambulance Company Pleads Guilty To Perjury In Connection With False Health Care Claims Investigation

United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, JAIME LEONARD SMITH, 35, of Morehead City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to Perjury.

Nov. 4, 2015

Project Manager Overseeing Construction Projects At Morris County, New Jersey, U.S. Army Installation Admits Accepting Kickbacks

NEWARK, N.J. – A regional manager for a prime contractor working at Picatinny Arsenal today admitted taking more than $20,000 in kickbacks in return for favorable treatment on construction projects at the installation, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Nov. 3, 2015

Kilgore Pleads Guilty To Three Counts Of Conspiracy To Commit Health Care Fraud

SALT LAKE CITY – Jacob J. Kilgore, a former owner of a Salt Lake City durable medical equipment company, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court late Monday afternoon to three counts of conspiracy to commit health care fraud as a part of Medicare fraud scheme involving power wheelchairs. The plea agreement includes a stipulated sentence of 60 months in federal prison, subject to acceptance by the court.

Oct. 28, 2015

Former Navy Range Manager Pleads Guilty To Accepting Illegal Gratuities

RALEIGH – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, HARRY C. MANN, age 79, of Manns Harbor, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to accepting illegal gratuities while employed by the U.S. Department of Navy at the Dare County Bombing Range.

Oct. 23, 2015

Former Connecticut Resident Sentenced to 97 Months for Attempting to Send U.S. Military Technology to Iran

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced that MOZAFFAR KHAZAEE, 61, formerly of Manchester, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for attempting to send to Iran voluminous hard copy documents, computer media and electronic data containing highly sensitive, proprietary, trade secret and export controlled material relating to U.S. military jet engines, which he had stolen from multiple U.S. defense contractors where he had previously been employed. KHAZAEE also was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.

Oct. 22, 2015

Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted for Wire Fraud

Twenty-five individuals have been charged in 14 separate indictments for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and the National Guard Bureau of money and property, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico.

Oct. 20, 2015

Missouri Woman Sentenced for Defrauding Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program

A Missouri woman was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months in federal prison for defrauding a federal program that set aside contracts for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In addition, she was ordered to pay a $30,000 money judgment.

Oct. 19, 2015

Former Augusta Moving Company Manager Found Guilty of Fraud

Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that former Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., manager Ronald James Niemi, Jr., age 45, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, has been convicted of Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, after a five-day trial in Columbia that concluded Monday. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of Columbia presided over the trial and will sentence Niemi at a later date.

Oct. 14, 2015

Boeing Pays $18 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

The Boeing Company has paid the United States $18 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the U.S. Air Force for the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, the Justice Department announced today. Boeing, an aerospace and defense industry giant, is headquartered in Chicago.