Sept. 16, 2020

Former Business Executive Sentenced to Prison for $4 Million Bribery Scheme Involving DoD Contracts for Wounded Military Veterans

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -An Oregon man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his role in a $4 million bribery and fraud scheme related to a number of Department of Defense contracts to provide support services for the recovery and rehabilitation of wounded military veterans.

Sept. 16, 2020

U.S. Citizen Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison in Scheme to Unlawfully Export Stolen U.S. Technology

WASHINGTON - Si Mong Park, 50, a United States citizen born in South Korea, was sentenced on September 14, 2020 for stealing technology from U.S. companies he worked for and unlawfully exporting the technology to South Korea. Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced the defendant to 21 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release.

Sept. 15, 2020

Federal Judge in San Antonio Accepts Guilty Plea and Sentences QuantaDyn Corporation to Pay Millions of Dollars in Fines and Restitution for Bribery and Government Contract Fraud Scheme

In San Antonio today, an Ashburn, VA-based software engineering company called QuantaDyn Corporation (QuantaDyn) entered a guilty plea to a federal charge in connection with a bribery and government contract fraud scheme that spanned more than a decade and impacted contract awards worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition, the corporation has agreed to pay a $6.3 million fine and more than $37 million in restitution.

Sept. 15, 2020

Couple Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Embezzlement

A Fayetteville couple pied guilty for their role in a conspiracy which embezzled money belonging to the United States. According to court documents, Morris Cooper [63] was a purchasing agent assigned to the Operations and Maintenance Division, Directorate of Public Works (DPW), at Fort Bragg, NC and entrusted to purchase HVAC parts for DPW's HVAC maintenance section. From 2011 into 2019, Cooper used his position as a purchasing agent at DPW, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, to conspire with vendors to unlawfully enrich the participants of the conspiracy by steering contracts for supplies to specific vendors in return for cash payments and gifts, and by inflating prices on supplies, increasing both the profits to the vendor and the cash payment made to Cooper and/or his wife, Beverley Cooper [53].

Sept. 9, 2020

William M. Kelly, M.D., Inc And Omega Imaging, Inc. Agree To Pay $5 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims For Unsupervised And Unaccredited Radiology Services

William M. Kelly Inc. and Omega Imaging Inc., together, operate 11 radiology facilities in Southern California, have agreed to pay the United States $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly submitting claims to Medicare and the military healthcare program, TRICARE, for unsupervised radiology services and services provided at unaccredited facilities, the Department of Justice announced today.

Sept. 4, 2020

Texas National Guardsman Sentenced in Government Credit Card Theft Ring

A Texas National Guardsman was sentenced to two years in federal prison and order to repay a $75,000 fine for theft of government money, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.

Sept. 4, 2020

Springfield Woman Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud and Tax Evasion

On September 2, 2020, a Springfield woman who owned several durable medical equipment stores in Oregon was sentenced to federal prison for defrauding six health insurance plans of approximately $1 .3 million and for evading $99,000 in federal income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.

Sept. 3, 2020

Seminole Man Sentenced To 48 Months Probation, $249,000 Restitution For Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Funds

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Randall Pete Loftis, age 41, of Seminole, Oklahoma was sentenced to 4 years of probation and ordered to pay $249,000.00 in restitution for Theft From Organization Receiving Federal Program Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1 )(A). The charges arose from an investigation by the Seminole Police Department and the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General - Defense Criminal Investigative Service ("DCIS").

Sept. 2, 2020

Civilian Navy Engineer, 3 Others Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging Theft and Sale of Government-Owned Technical Information

LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested four defendants across the country on charges alleging a civilian employee of the United States Navy downloaded technical drawings and manuals related to U.S. military weapons systems and sold the items to a Newport Beach company, which later resold the documents to domestic and foreign customers.

Aug. 27, 2020

Manufacturing Broker Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Manufacture and Sell Counterfeit Goods

A Brooklyn, NY, businessman appeared before a U.S. District Court judge in Providence, RI., on Tuesday and admitted that he brokered the manufacturing of counterfeit clothing, apparel and gear manufactured in China and Pakistan that was shipped to wholesalers in the United States for distribution. Some of the counterfeit items were distributed to members of the United States military.