False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
DHS OIG report OIG-26-32 finds the Coast Guard's 52 domestic Fast Response Cutters averaged 72% operational availability against an 85% requirement, with 9,000+ deferred maintenance requests and a disabled fire suppression system whose $40 million fleet-wide fix has no validated solution or budget line.
Read the story →Former CIA officer David J. Rush, 49, pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court to a scheme to defraud the government of about $194 million, including more than $40 million in gold bars found in his Ashburn home. He faces up to 20 years; sentencing is set for Jan. 28.
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.
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.
DHS OIG report OIG-26-37 found ICE never assessed its overall detention needs before awarding 46 procurements worth about $9.7B, and that justification files, on-site monitoring and competition rules fell short. ICE concurred with all six recommendations.
Frazier Aviation and its former chief executive agreed to pay $4.9 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over aircraft parts sold to the government. A qui tam suit alleged bids made under Lockheed Martin's CAGE code and undisclosed subcontractors.
GAO could not verify whether DOGE teams protected sensitive data at CFPB, Education, NOAA, SEC, SBA and VA after the agencies withheld records. SEC and NOAA challenged GAO's authority. GAO says its access rights are clear.
A USPS OIG audit found 74% of sampled contractor invoices lacked required documentation, producing $271.9 million in unsupported costs, plus $792 million in noncompetitive purchases approved without proper reviews.
A DOJ inspector general audit found 37 of 45 sampled orders worth over $39 million had performance-period irregularities, including one FBI order awarded 23 months after its contract vehicle expired.
The FBI's elite public-corruption squad was building a case on Navatek's political donations to more than a dozen lawmakers when Director Kash Patel dismantled the unit, closing the investigation before any charges were filed.
Lifeview Group will pay $5,059,808 to resolve claims it lied about meeting AbilityOne's disability-labor ratio on a Defense Manpower Data Center IT contract, in one of the program's largest False Claims Act settlements ever.
Kevin D. Mickie, a contractor employee who managed Defense Travel System profiles, pleaded guilty to diverting $107,316.82 in travel reimbursements into his own account. Sentencing is set for Jan. 14, 2027; he faces up to 10 years.
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