General Services Administration
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Enforcement
$2.25M HUBZone and Women-Owned Fraud Settlement Hits IT Contractor Run From Pakistan
Enterprise Technology Solutions and two principals will pay $2.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that the IT contractor won 150+ set-aside awards with false HUBZone and women-owned claims while operating from Pakistan. Whistleblower Kyle Harris gets $337,500.
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Enforcement
Federal Awards Still Skip Beneficial-Ownership Checks, Leaving Hundreds of Billions Open to Shell-Company Fraud
A GAO report finds federal awards generally do not require beneficial-ownership disclosure, leaving hundreds of billions exposed to shell-company and pass-through fraud while the Section 885 contractor ownership database waits on FAR Case 2021-005.
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Enforcement
$3.1M False Claims Act Deal Resolves Phantom-Employee and Size-Fraud Claims Across 49 Federal Contracts
Sanford Federal, Inc. and owner Joseph Mandour agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the firm faked employee credentials and misrepresented its size to win set-aside work spanning 49 contracts and multiple agencies, DOJ said.
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Enforcement
Outdated FAR Hampers $10B Federal Cloud Procurement, GAO Finds
A GAO report found federal cloud spending has surpassed $10B annually, but 24 agencies face outdated FAR definitions, conflicting OMB-NIST guidance, and a retired spending data system. GAO issued recommendations to GSA, DHS, CISA, and the Federal CIO Council, and presented two matters for congressional consideration.
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Enforcement
Broadway Electric and Cornerstone Contracting Pay $21.3M to Settle Eight-Year SDVOSB Set-Aside Fraud Scheme
Broadway Electric, Cornerstone Contracting, and two executives will pay $21.3M to resolve False Claims Act allegations they used front companies to fraudulently capture SDVOSB and small business set-aside contracts from 2017 to 2025.
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Enforcement
Pennsylvania Man Gets Probation, $425,000 Judgment for Stripping Parts From Donated 'Huey' Helicopter
Douglas Zych, 70, of McKeesport, Pa., was sentenced to six months' probation and ordered to pay a $425,000 judgment for cannibalizing and selling parts from a 'Huey' helicopter donated to a museum under GSA's Federal Surplus Property Donation Program, while title still rested with the United States.
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Enforcement
DOJ's Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative: Holding Contractors Accountable for Cybersecurity Compliance
The DOJ's Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative uses the False Claims Act to hold contractors accountable for falsely certifying DFARS/NIST 800-171 compliance. Since its October 2021 launch, it has produced settlements including a $9M Aerojet Rocketdyne agreement.
