Subcontractor’s owner sentenced in Davis-Bacon fraud case
Davis-Bacon Act fraud has resulted in a criminal sentence for the owner of a now-defunct construction subcontractor. According to a Department of Justice press release, the subcontractor’s owner has...
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San Antonio businessman sentenced in VA contract fraud
San Antonio 71-year-old Jonathan Patrick Saunders, president of Saunders MEP, Inc., was sentenced last week to one year and one day in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and...
View ArticleMan gets probation in fraud case involving federal disabled vets program
A Nebraska businessman who pleaded guilty to setting up a company the government said fraudulently landed $25 million in federal contracts intended for companies owned by disabled veterans avoided...
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Jury convicts contractor of defrauding city’s womens business program
A federal jury on Friday (June 17, 2016) convicted a suburban Chicago construction subcontracting firm on fraud charges for scheming to help a general contractor falsely satisfy the woman’s business...
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FAR Council finalizes rule imposing restrictions on contracting with...
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council — comprised of the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) —...
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Woman in DBE front scheme gets 12 months in federal prison
The former owner of a suburban Chicago construction business convicted of acting as an illegal front so another company could secure a lucrative city airport contract was sentenced Thursday (Mar. 16,...
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Contractor indicted in bribery, kickback scheme in Savannah
A Lithonia, Georgia contractor has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Savannah for allegedly scheming with former Chatham Area Transit (CAT) executive director Chadwick Reese and his maintenance...
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Atlanta contractors get prison time in contract bribery case
Two Atlanta contractors were sentenced to prison Tuesday as part of an ongoing federal investigation into a pay-to-play scheme for city contracts. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones sentenced Elvin R....
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Business owner sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraudulent billing scheme...
Nikita Davis, 48, a business owner with a firm in Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for a scheme in which she improperly qualified for government contracts and then...
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Court grapples with Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base contractor’s bribery...
The owner of a trucking company who was convicted of paying bribes to rake in more than $20 million from military contracts fought for relief last Wednesday at the 11th Circuit. Arguing before a...
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Augusta man sentenced for theft of government funds
U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon states that Phillip Thompson of Augusta, GA was sentenced for conspiracy involving theft of government funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 371. U.S....
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Former company owner sentenced for $13.7 million ‘rent-a-vet’ scheme
A former operator of a Kansas City construction company, Patriot Company, Inc., was sentenced in federal court last week for his role in a “rent-a-vet” scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $13.7...
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South Carolina ‘mastermind’ pleads guilty to cheating government for...
He betrayed his wife. He used friends as pawns in illegal schemes. For years, he bilked the federal government out of tens of millions of dollars in fat federal military construction contracts meant...
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