Defense Contractor Fraud

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DEFENSE CONTRACTOR CORPORATE & GOVERNMENTAL FRAUD

At this critical time when our national defense and homeland security resources are most precious, criminals who cheat the government must be identified, stopped and punished. The sheer size and complexity of procurement operations may embolden some criminals. It is imperative that we take action to prevent, deter, and prosecute those unscrupulous government contractors whose theft of critically needed resources threaten America's safety and defense. We must ensure that our fighting men and women are getting well-made weapons and equipment and that the taxpayers are getting their money's worth when the government buys goods and services.

Part of the cost of keeping America safe from terror and combating threats at home and abroad is increased procurement.  With increased procurement, citizens must remain vigilant. Governmental fraud comes in many shapes and forms.  Here are a few examples of fraud and corruption cases which were prosecuted:

• Darlene Druyun, a senior executive with DoD who obtained jobs with Boeing for her daughter, her daughter's fiancé, and herself while negotiating a contract with Boeing on behalf of the Air Force. Druyun gave Boeing a "parting gift" by agreeing to a higher price than she believed appropriate for Boeing's tanker aircraft. Boeing's chief financial officer, Michael Sears, also pleaded guilty for his role in this scandal.
• Robert Lee Neal, Jr., and Francis Delano Jones, Jr., were convicted of extortion, bribery, money laundering, and other crimes in 2003. Neal and Jones were DOD officials who used their official positions to obtain bribes, extortion payments, and gratuities.
• Kevin Hawkins, who accepted over $47,000 in bribes for his participation in a scheme to use DOD "IMPAC" credit cards to make over $200,000 in fictitious purchases for the Pentagon.
• Bobby Gilchrist, who received over $200,000 in bribes for his participation in a credit card scheme, resulting in $400,000 in government losses.
• The Ebersole dog case, which focused on fraudulent procurements involving untrained bomb detection dogs used by IRS, State, Federal Reserve, and FEMA.
• The case against Jeffrey Bochesa and several others that involved $300,000 in gratuities and a $1.33 million fraud committed by Bochesa and his company in connection with a National Reconnaissance Office subcontract.
• The Dutta case involving more than $800,000 in overcharging on USAID contracts.
  The Photogrammetrics case that involved more than $500,000 of overcharges on major DOT road projects in Northern Virginia.
• Northrop Grumman paid $60 million in connection with defective pricing on a major DoD contract in Norfolk.

 DEFENSE & GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR FRAUD may include any of the following:

Defense Contractor Fraud
Airport Construction Fraud
Building and Roadway Construction
Double Billing
Contractor billing for supplies never ordered
Energy Contract Fraud
Foreign Military Sales
Fraudulent cost reports
Government Contractor Fraud
Illegal dumping
Military Procurement Fraud
Obtaining government contracts through kickbacks
Performing inappropriate or unnecessary work or procedures
Billing for work that was not performed 
False billing for services that were never rendered
Employee fraud - billing for employees who were not on the job
Postal Fraud
Product Substitution
Shipbuilding Fraud
Telecommunications Fraud
Utilities Fraud
Yield burning (artifically lowering yield of Treasury securities)

People who blow the whistle on governmental fraud may be able to collect an award for their efforts under the Qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.).  This "whistleblower statute" which allows for a private individual, or whistleblower with knowledge of past or present fraud on the federal government to bring suit on behalf of the government.

Qui Tam is an abbreviation of the phrase “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro seipse,” meaning “he who sues for the king as well as for himself." This provision allows a private person, known as a “relator,” to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the United States, where the private person has information that the named defendant has knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the United States. The relator need not have been personally harmed by the defendant’s conduct.

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