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Fresno Man Sentenced for Extensive Fraudulent Bonding Scheme and Aggravated Identity Theft
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.

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Covan World Wide Moving, Inc., Coleman American Moving Services, Inc. and Other Related Entities Settle False Claims Act Cases for $5,000,000
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.

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Former Top GSA Official Sentenced to Three Months Imprisonment and Three Months Home Detention
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.

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VMWare and Carahsoft Agree to Pay $75.5 Million to Settle Claims That They Concealed Commercial Pricing and Overcharged the Government
VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation have agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting their commercial pricing practices and overcharging the government on VMware software products and related services, the Department of Justice announced today. VMware is a Delaware corporation that specializes in computer virtualization software and has its principal place of business in Palo Alto, California. Carahsoft is a privately held Maryland corporation that distributes information technology products to federal, state and local governments and has its principal place of business in Reston, Virginia.

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Hunter Roberts Construction to Pay More Than $7 Million in Penalties and Restitution for Engaging in a Fraudulent Overbilling Scheme
Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC (“Hunter Roberts”), one of the largest construction companies in New York City, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay more than $7 million in penalties to the federal government and restitution to victims to resolve a criminal investigation into the company’s past fraudulent billing practices. In addition, pursuant to the non-prosecution agreement, Hunter Roberts will provide continuing cooperation and maintain far-reaching corporate reforms.
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United Parcel Service Agrees to Settle Alleged Civil False Claims Act Violations
WASHINGTON – United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air overnight packages, the Justice Department announced today. UPS is a package delivery company based in Atlanta.

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IT Software Services Contractor and its President Agree to Pay $9 million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Global Computer Enterprises, Inc. (GCE), of Reston, Virginia, along with its president and sole owner, Raed Muslimani, 53, of Sterling, Virginia, have agreed to pay $9 million to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that GCE concealed its utilization of prohibited engineers and employees on software services contracts with the federal government.

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GSA Official Admits Accepting Bribes and Stealing Government Property
Timothy Francis Cashman, a Building Manager for the General Services Administration (“GSA”), admitted today to an almost decade-long conspiracy to accept bribes and steal property owned by the United States. In doing so, Cashman acknowledged using his position with GSA (overseeing operations and maintenance at the Otay Mesa, San Ysidro, and Tecate Ports of Entry) for his personal enrichment; rather than to fulfill GSA’s core mission of delivering “the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the American people.”

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Former Top GSA Official Pleads Guilty to Filing False Claims
SAN FRANCISCO- Jeffrey Neely, the former Acting Regional Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to making a false claim to the United States, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and GSA Office of Inspector General, Acting Special Agent in Charge Theresa Quellhorst.

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Former D.C. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Using Government-Issued Credit Cards for Personal Purposes
WASHINGTON – Terrell McCray, 31, a former employee of the District of Columbia Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services (DCFEMS), pled guilty today to using government-issued credit cards to make purchases over $4,000 in gasoline for personal vehicles, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Robert C. Erickson, Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

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Miami Resident Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns and Failure to File a Tax Return
A Miami resident was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $196,645 to the Internal Revenue Service. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Robert C. Erickson, Deputy Inspector General, General Services Administration Office of the Inspector General (GSA-OIG), made the announcement.

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Lone Tree, Colorado, Businessman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the U.S. Government
DENVER – Hemal Ramesh Jhaveri, age 52, of Lone Tree, Colorado, pled guilty this week before Chief U.S. District Court Chief Marcia S. Krieger to conspiracy to defraud the United States, federal authorities announced. Chief Judge Krieger is scheduled to sentence Jhaveri on June 15, 2015. Jhaveri was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on August 6, 2014. An information was subsequently filed on March 16, 2015, the same day he pled guilty. Jhaveri is free on bond.

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Omaha Contractor and Companies Sentenced for Fraud Scheme
DES MOINES, IA – On March 12, 2015, Omaha, Nebraska contractor Ram Hingorani, age 50, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 6 months in a half-way house as part of a sentence of two years of probation, after pleading guilty to Major Program Fraud in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Hingorani’s company, Midwest Paving, Inc. (MPI), was sentenced to two years of probation, after pleading guilty to money laundering in furtherance of the scheme.

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Settlement Reached in Patriots Park Renovations Civil Case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Lend Lease Construction, Inc., a global company locally based in Rockville, Maryland, and Cindell Construction Company, based in Frederick, Maryland, agreed to pay a total of $400,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations in connection with an agreement to perform construction work to renovate a property the government is currently leasing in Reston, Virginia known as “Patriots Park.”

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Former D.C. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Using Government-Issued Credit Card for Personal Purposes
WASHINGTON – Kimberley Pinkney, a former inspector with the District of Columbia Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services (DCFEMS), pled guilty today to using her government-issued credit card to purchase over $11,000 in gasoline for her personal vehicle, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Robert C. Erickson, Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

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Tangible Software, Inc. Agrees to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Baltimore, Maryland - Department of Defense contractor Tangible Software, Inc., owned and operated by Energy Management and Security Solutions, LLC since 2011, has agreed to pay the United States between $500,000 and $1.05 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company submitted false claims to the Department of Defense under prior ownership from 2008 to 2011.
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Former Security Contractor and Owner Agree to Pay $300,000 to Settle Civil Fraud Claims
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Dawn Hamilton, 48, of Brownsville, Maryland, the chief executive officer and “figurehead” of a now-defunct Virginia-based security contracting firm, Security Assistance Corporation (“SAC”), has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle civil claims arising from a fraudulent scheme to establish SAC as a front company, which obtained more than $31 million in contract payments intended for disadvantaged small businesses through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Section 8(a) program.

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California Man Who Fraudulently Obtained And Sold Computers Destined For Schools And Non-Profits Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
A Palmdale, California resident who defrauded a federal government program designed to provide computers to needy schools and non-profits was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and filing a false income tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. STEVEN ALEXANDER BOLDEN, 51, pleaded guilty in January 2014. His sentencing was delayed while criminal charges in California were resolved.

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Two New Deal Era Art Pieces are Located

Two pieces of New Deal era art were recently located in Oregon and Texas and reclaimed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). 

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Snoqualmie Washington Man Indicted for Extensive Benefits Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury has indicted a former federal employee for multiple counts of wire fraud and mail fraud, and making false statements in connection with an extensive scheme to fraudulently obtain federal and state benefits, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. DARRYL LEE WRIGHT, 46, of Snoqualmie, Washington, will appear today in U. S. District Court in Tacoma at 2:30 p.m.

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Former Security Contractor CEO Agrees to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Civil Claims
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Keith Hedman, 55, of Arlington, Virginia, the former chief executive officer of a Virginia-based security contracting firm, Protection Strategies, Inc., (PSI), has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle civil claims relating to his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to create a front company to obtain contracts through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Section 8(a) program. The Section 8(a) program allows qualified small businesses to receive sole-source and competitive-bid contracts set aside for minority-owned and disadvantaged small businesses.

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DHS Technologies Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that DHS Technologies LLC and its subsidiary, DHS Systems LLC (collectively “DHS”), have agreed to pay $1.9 million, plus interest, to the United States to resolve allegations that DHS violated the False Claims Act by failing to disclose to the General Services Administration (“GSA”) that it offered greater discounts to a private company for the same items during the negotiation for the re-award of a government contract.

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Former Top GSA Official Indicted for Fraud
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Jeffrey Neely, a former high-ranking official with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), today on charges that he submitted fraudulent reimbursement claims and made false statements, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and GSA Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge David House.
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GSA Locates New Deal Era Artwork in Portland

The General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Fine Arts Program (FAP) recently recovered 48 pieces of New Deal era artwork in Portland, Oregon.

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GSA Recovers Works Progress Administration Oil Painting

The General Services Administration Office (GSA) of Inspector General (OIG) and Fine Arts Program (FAP) recently recovered a 1939 Works Progress Administration oil painting, “Snow Covered Marsh” by

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Former Federal Employee Who Stole Government Property for Home Improvement Projects is Sentenced
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VENITA GODFREY-SCOTT, 48, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to four years of probation, the first six months of which GODFREY-SCOTT must spend in home confinement with electronic monitoring, for stealing government property that she used for various home improvement projects. GODFREY-SCOTT was also ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and to pay restitution in the amount of $15,000.

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Four Indicted for Fraud Against Government Contracting Programs
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – A federal grand jury in Greeneville returned an indictment on Aug. 12, 2013, against Ricky Anthony Lanier, 47, and Katrina Reshina Lanier, 40, of LaGrange, N.C.; Latoya Montrevette Speight, 37, of Snow Hill, N.C.; and Emanuel Louis Hill, 47, of Louisville, Ky., for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and major fraud against the United States.

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Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Make False Statements and Defraud the Government
St. Louis, MO – REGINA DANKO, of Ivyland, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States in federal court this morning. Danko, the principal shareholder of Tri-Ark Industries, Inc., a government contracting firm located in the Philadelphia area, admitted to conspiring to make false statements and defraud the government in connection with a five-year contract to provide janitorial services at the Robert A. Young, Jr. federal building in downtown St. Louis.

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Omaha Contractor and Companies Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme
DES MOINES, IA – On August 22, 2014, Omaha, Nebraska contractor Ram Hingorani pled guilty to Major Program Fraud in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. In addition, one of Hingorani’s companies, Midwest Paving, Inc. (MPI), pled guilty to Money Laundering in furtherance of the scheme. MPI is a U.S. General Services Administration, Department of Defense, and Department of Veteran Affairs contractor. These admissions of guilt by Hingorani follow guilty pleas entered by Midwest Contracting, Inc. (MCI), on August 15, 2014, to Major Program Fraud and Wire Fraud.

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Samsung Electronics America Agrees to Pay $2.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Samsung Electronics America Inc. (Samsung) has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve allegations that it caused the submission of false claims for products sold on General Service Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts in violation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), the Justice Department announced today. Samsung is an electronics distributor and marketer headquartered in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.

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“Godfather” of Camp Pendleton Sentenced to Two Years for Bribery
A Department of Defense supervisor, the self-described “Godfather” of Camp Pendleton, was sentenced today to two years in prison for accepting over $100,000 in bribes from contractors who sought to win or retain government construction and service contracts at Camp Pendleton worth millions of dollars.