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July 26, 2018

3M Company has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) to the US military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.  As part of the settlement, the whistleblower who initiated the lawsuit will receive $1,911,000. DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

July 26, 2018

Sorensen Gross Construction Company (Sorensen) and its corporate vice president, Khalil Saab, have agreed to pay $2.481 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims for payment under a construction contract funded by USAID. Sorensen allegedly subcontracted almost all of the work on a project to build or renovate 16 schools in Aqaba, Jordan to a local Jordanian company, Concorde, in violation of its contract with USAID. DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud,

July 16, 2018

An former airport contractor has plead guilty to paying over $5M in bribes and kickbacks to a field inspector at the Wayne Country Airport Authority in Wayne County, Michigan. According to the government’s allegations, William Pritula, paid the bribes in kickbacks in exchange for favorable treatment for his company, Pritula and Sons, in contracts for pavement repair and fire hydrant installation at Detroit’s airport. The inspector who received the bribes is a co-defendant in the action. USAO Eastern District of Michigan

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging, Government Procurement Fraud,

July 12, 2018

Navnoor Kang, the former head of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, the third-largest pension in the country, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud.  Kang accepted bribes in return for steering over $2 billion worth of investments to particular firms, generating massive commissions for those who bribed him.  The USAO of SDNY coordinated with the SEC, which brought its own civil enforcement action against Kang.  USAO SDNY

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Government Procurement Fraud,

July 6, 2018

North American Power Group Limited, along with its owner Michael Ruffatto, have agreed to pay $14.4 million as a result of allegations that they submitted false claims under an agreement with the DOE to carry out data collection and carbon sequestration projects at a Wyoming energy site.  Rather than seek reimbursement for work done, as they claimed, the defendants had submitted invoices reflecting personal expenses like travel, jewelry, and car payments.  Ruffatto was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the scheme.  DOJ; USAO WDPA

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud,

July 6, 2018

Kansas man Gary Duff was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the State Department in connection with $1.47 million in contracts.  Duff admitted in his plea that he concealed conflicts of interest underlying his successful bids for the contracts.  His co-conspirator was previously sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for steering the contracts to Duff.  DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Government Procurement Fraud,

June 27, 2018

John J. Palie Jr. and his son John J. Palie III both pled guilty to fraud charges related to titanium sold to a Connecticut defense contractor. The two admitted to misrepresenting the source and quality of the titanium they sold to a company that produces aircraft engines including for U.S. Air Force fighter jets. The victim company faced $1,328,000 in losses for the fraudulent misrepresentation. USAO DCT

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud, Government Procurement Fraud,

June 26, 2018

Alter Stesel, also known by various alias, and his company A1 4 Electronics Inc. were placed in debarment status by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) for providing counterfeit goods and failing to perform on contracts with DHS. Stesel then continually created new companies to falsely certify that to the government that he was not under debarment status and received approximately 45 contracts with his two new companies worth over $300,000 while on debarment. Stesel pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud. USAO EDVA

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Government Procurement Fraud,

June 14, 2018

Christopher McCray was sentenced to federal prison for accepting illegal kickbacks from an Afghan trucking company that acted as a subcontractor to his former employer, a U.S. government contractor in Afghanistan. McCray admitted to accepting 15 percent of the trucking company’s revenues on the subcontract, which involved moving cargo for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service to military bases in Afghanistan. USAO NDGA

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud,

June 8, 2018

New Jersey couple Babu Metgud and Shubhada Kalyani, who operated defense contractor Shubhada Industries, were ordered to pay more than $232,000 for overcharging the Defense Logistics Agency for, and failing to disclose the origin of, munition vehicle light assemblies it had acquired from third parties and marked up by 5,400%. The case was decided on the government’s summary judgement motion. USAO EDPA

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Trade Agreements,

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