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PHILADELPHIA - Benjamin Twiggs, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment yesterday with one count of making a false statement and one count of transportation of goods taken by fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The fraud is in connection with the federal Computers for Learning (CFL) program, a program meant to allow federal agencies to donate excess computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofit organizations.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report today concluding that GSA’s administration of an expanded Army childcare subsidy program has resulted in mounting backlogs of unprocessed subsidy requests, unanswered emails, unpaid invoices, and unreturned phone calls, to the detriment of Army families. The OIG’s evaluation began earlier this year after GSA’s current Administrator reported serious concerns about the program to the OIG.

Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that the United States has formally filed a lawsuit against URS Federal Services, Inc. and its subcontractor Yang Enterprises, Inc. This lawsuit is brought pursuant to the False Claims Act.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A federal grand jury returned a racketeering indictment today against the former director of the West Virginia Division of Highway’s Equipment Division, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded vendors of nearly $1 million of office products after “phishing” e-mail login information from government employees, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

FRESNO, Calif. — Abel Martin Carreon, 57, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to five years and five months in prison for one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Carreon was also ordered to pay $1,253,000 in restitution.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, settled claims of fraud with Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc., and other related entities with home offices in Dothan, Alabama. The United States contended that Covan and others increased the weights of shipments and storage of servicemember’s and federal employee’s household goods and then submitted claims for payment to the government for the inflated weights.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eric M. Shaffer, 42, of Modesto, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of theft of government property for taking Department of Defense property worth more than $316,000, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

SAN FRANCISCO- Jeffrey Neely, the former Acting Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), was sentenced to three months imprisonment, to be followed by three months of home confinement, in connection with his guilty plea for making a false claim to the United States, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and GSA Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Theresa Quellhorst.