Feb. 19, 2015

Arlington Heights Company And Its Owner And Employee Charged With Illegal Export And Import Of Military Articles

An Arlington Heights company, its president, and a former employee were indicted on federal charges for unlawfully exporting and importing military articles, including components used in night vision systems and on the M1A1 Abrams tank, which is the main battle tank used by the U.S. Armed Forces.

Feb. 11, 2015

Former Defense Contractor On His Way To Prison For Trying To Sell Defective Machinegun Parts To Department Of Defense

U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Colorado resident Howard “Jack” Cahn, was sentenced in federal court in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to 30 months in prison for attempting to sell the Department of Defense (DoD) machinegun replacement parts that were not only technically noncompliant with contract requirements, but that also included materially defective components.

Feb. 11, 2015

Two U.S. Army Sergeants Plead Guilty to Taking Bribes While Deployed in Afghanistan

Two sergeants with the U.S. Army have pleaded guilty for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.

Feb. 11, 2015

Louisiana Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Government Funds

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAMON E. MADRID, 29, a resident of Kenner, pled guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of government funds.

Feb. 4, 2015

Ageless Men’s Health, LLC To Pay $1.6 Million To The Government For Overbilling Medicare And Tricare

Ageless Men’s Health, LLC (AMH) will pay $1.6 million to the government to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare and Tricare for medically unnecessary evaluation and management services (office visits) while administering testosterone replacement therapy shots. AMH has approximately 30 locations throughout the United States and operates testosterone replacement therapy clinics.

Feb. 4, 2015

Lehigh County Couple Charged In Scheme To Defraud The Government

Yujie Ding, 52, and Yuliya Zotova, 40, of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with ten counts of wire fraud related to a government program meant to increase research and development opportunities for small businesses, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

Feb. 4, 2015

Malvern Company Pays $265,000 To Resolve Overbilling Allegations

Silicon Power Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor devices and high-power utility systems in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $265,000 to resolve civil allegations that the facility overbilled and mischarged the United States Army under two contracts, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

Feb. 3, 2015

Army National Guard Official Pleads Guilty for Accepting $30,000 Bribe

An Army National Guard official pleaded guilty today for accepting a $30,000 bribe in exchange for steering a $3.6 million contract to a retired sergeant major of the Minnesota Army National Guard and his consulting company. Today’s guilty plea is the eighth in connection with an investigation into corruption within the National Guard Bureau related to the awarding of millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts.

Feb. 3, 2015

Former Supervisory Contracting Officer Arrested in Navy Bribery Scandal

A former senior federal contracting officer was arrested this morning for conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with his alleged role in a scheme to steer contracts and benefits to Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a defense contracting firm headquartered in Singapore.

Jan. 28, 2015

Army Contracting Official Charged in Pentagon Bribery Scheme

James Glenn Warner, 44, of Manassas, Virginia, was arrested today and charged with soliciting bribes from executives working for a private company on a contract that Warner managed out of the Pentagon.