Sept. 24, 2014

Husband and Wife Indicted for Embezzling from Employee Benefit Plans and For Tax Evasion

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted Shaun Tucker, a/k/a “Shawn Turner,” and his wife, Joanne Tucker, a/k/a “Joanne Krcma,” “Jill Swanson,” and “Jocelyn Turner,” both age 49, of Keymar, Maryland, for embezzling from employee benefit plans and for tax evasion. The indictment was returned on September 16, 2014 and unsealed yesterday.

Sept. 23, 2014

Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty For Scheme to Defraud the Military

An Army sergeant pleaded guilty today to bribery and conspiracy to defraud the government for his role in a scheme to steal more than one million gallons of fuel from the U.S. military for resale on the black market in Afghanistan.

Sept. 23, 2014

Five Defendants Sentenced To Prison Terms For MultiMillion Dollar Theft Of Pre-Retail Medical Products

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigation (FDA-OCI), Miami Field Office, announce that five Miami-area residents were recently sentenced to prison terms in connection with violations of the Safe Doses Act, which prohibits theft of “preretail” medical products

Sept. 22, 2014

Colorado Springs Doctor Agrees to Pay Over $85,000 to Settle Allegations that He Improperly Billed TRICARE

A Colorado Springs doctor has agreed to pay $86,675.68 to settle allegations that he inappropriately billed TRICARE, the United States military health insurance program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service announced.

Sept. 17, 2014

Former Army Energy Program Manager Faces Additional Charges Of Defrauding The Army At Fort Knox

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former Fort Knox Energy Program Manager was charged in a second superseding indictment today with devising multiple wire fraud schemes to defraud the United States and violating criminal conflict of interest laws, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

Sept. 15, 2014

Former Owner of Defense Contracting Companies Charged with Mail Fraud and Violating Arms Export Control Act

The former owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses was charged with mail fraud and violating the Arms Export Control Act, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

Sept. 11, 2014

Former Defense Contractor Indicted for Illegally Exporting Military Blueprints and Defrauding U.S. Department of Defense

TRENTON, N.J. - The former owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly submitting fraudulent bids to the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) and disseminating military technical drawings to India without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Sept. 9, 2014

Electronics Engineer Admits Lying on U.S. Army Contract Bid to Make Battery for Artillery Weapon Guidance System

NEWARK, N.J. - An electronics engineer for the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today to making false statements in an attempt to obtain a government military contract to manufacture a portable power supply for U.S. Army use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Sept. 8, 2014

Former Defense Department Employee Pleads GuiltyTo Carrying Out $2.5 Million Health Care Fraud

WASHINGTON - Jonathan M. Hargett, a former civilian employee of the Department of Defense, pled guilty today to a charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he collected over $2.2 million after submitting fraudulent claims for federal health care benefits.

Sept. 5, 2014

O.C. Man Whose Company Provided Military Support Services in Iraq Gets 4 Years in Federal Prison for Failing to Report Millions in Income

SANTA ANA, California - The owner of a Huntington Beach-based military contractor who pleaded guilty to federal tax charges for failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service millions of dollars his company received for providing services to the military at Baghdad International Airport was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison.