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United States Attorney Benjamin L. Wallace announced the creation of the District of Delaware’s Program Fraud Task Force. The Task Force brings together the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, more than a dozen federal law enforcement agencies, and multiple state law enforcement agencies, all focused on identifying, investigating, and prosecuting fraud against federal government programs and American taxpayers.

Defense and aerospace companies ILC Dover LP and ILC Astrospace LLC, of Frederica, Delaware, have agreed to pay $13 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in their contracts with the Department of the Army, the Missile Defense Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Stephen A. Schemenauer, 46 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to Concealing a Material Fact, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Schemenauer was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $225,000 fine.

A former civilian U.S. Army official pleaded guilty today to participating in a bribery and major fraud scheme that corrupted the competitive process for a U.S. Army technology innovation lab in the Pacific.

ETS will pay the United States $2,250,000 to resolve allegations that ETS violated the False Claims Act by falsely claiming that the company qualified for two small business programs which allowed ETS to inappropriately obtain government contracts set aside for certain small businesses.

A former U.S. Department of the Army employee and Sparks, Nevada, resident pleaded guilty to using his Army credit card to make nearly $2,800 of purchases for his personal vehicle.

A former GSA contracting officer’s representative received a federal-prison term, today, for his role in agreeing to accept bribes from construction companies.

Lifeview Group, Inc., together with its corporate predecessors and affiliates, agreed to a settlement of $5,059,808.00 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Onur Simsek, a Turkish national wanted for his alleged involvement in a sophisticated defense procurement fraud scheme targeting the United States Department of Defense.

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced today the launch of Project Safe Schools, a federal initiative aimed at protecting students, enforcing accountability and restoring transparency in public schools across North Texas.