Enforcement
False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
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Enforcement
Frazier Aviation and Ex-CEO Pay $4.9M to Settle FCA Claims Over Parts Sold Under Lockheed's CAGE Code
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 related qui tam suit alleged bids made under Lockheed Martin's CAGE code and undisclosed subcontractors.
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Enforcement
Six Agencies Stonewall GAO on DOGE Data Access, and Two Dispute Its Authority
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.
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Enforcement
USPS Watchdog Finds $271.9 Million in Unsupported Contract Payments as Postal Service Skips Required Oversight Steps
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.
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Enforcement
DOJ Watchdog Finds Performance-Period Irregularities in 37 of 45 Sampled Orders; One FBI Order Was Under an Expired Vehicle
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.
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Enforcement
Trump's FBI Shut Down a $900,000 Pay-to-Play Probe Into Defense Contractor Navatek
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.
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Enforcement
Michigan Contractor Pays $5M in Record AbilityOne Fraud Settlement
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.
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Enforcement
$107,316.82 Diverted From Defense Travel System Accounts, Contractor Employee Admits
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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Enforcement
$25 Million Settlement Closes DOJ Probe Into Accenture's Race-Based Hiring Targets
DOJ settles False Claims Act allegations that Accenture used color-coded scorecards to track race and sex hiring targets on federal contracts, collecting $25 million — the second such payout in a crackdown that has now pulled roughly $46.5 million from Accenture and Deloitte.
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Enforcement
FBI Awarded $229M Contract Without Real Cost Estimate
DOJ inspector general audit finds the FBI built a $229M Innovation Center at Redstone Arsenal without a documented cost estimate, gave four conflicting figures for it, and failed to monitor Clark Construction's self-perform and QC obligations.
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Enforcement
DOJ's $245M COVID Loan Fraud Sweep Permanently Bars 870,000 Borrowers From Future SBA Loans
DOJ, SBA, and SBA OIG announced $245 million in intended losses from a summer enforcement surge against PPP and COVID EIDL fraud, while officials disclosed that 870,000 suspected fraudsters have been permanently barred from future federal loans.
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Enforcement
Ex-Navy Official Gets 6 Years for Contract Bribery
James Soriano, a former Naval Information Warfare Center official, was sentenced to 72 months for taking bribes — steak dinners, Super Bowl tickets, a job for his wife — to steer hundreds of millions in Navy contracts to favored companies.
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Enforcement
Dompe U.S. Pays $32M to Settle False Claims Act Case Over Disguised Medicare Co-Pay Kickbacks
DOJ settled with pharmaceutical company Dompe U.S. after it self-disclosed routing Medicare patients' co-pays through charity foundations to drive sales of its eye drug Oxervate.
