Enforcement
False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
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Enforcement
FBI Skipped Its Own Cost Check on $229M Redstone Arsenal Contract, DOJ Audit Finds
A DOJ OIG audit found the FBI never prepared a required cost estimate for a $229M Innovation Center contract at Redstone Arsenal, let subcontractors help pick which of their own workers got interviewed for wage compliance, and did not check a self-performance rule until auditors flagged it.
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Enforcement
Former NAVWAR Official Sentenced to Six Years for Steering Hundreds of Millions in Navy Contracts for Bribes
A federal judge sentenced former NAVWAR official James Soriano to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme running from 2014 to 2019 that let defense contractors draft their own procurement paperwork in exchange for steak dinners, championship tickets, and $2,000 a month in cash routed through a family friend's paycheck.
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Enforcement
ICE Extends Amentum's $776 Million Camp East Montana Contract Without Bidding
ICE gave Amentum a no-bid, 12-month, $776 million extension to keep running the Camp East Montana detention facility, despite a GAO audit finding $19 million in unused spending and an active fraud lawsuit against the company.
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Enforcement
Eleventh Circuit Keeps Whistleblower Suits at Center of Fraud Enforcement
The 11th Circuit rejected a constitutional challenge to the False Claims Act qui tam provisions, vacating a 2024 ruling that had emboldened contractors and healthcare defendants to seek dismissal of whistleblower fraud suits nationwide.
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Enforcement
FBI Offers $150K Bounty in Counterfeit Military Parts Case
The FBI is offering $150,000 for the arrest of Onur Simsek, a Turkish national accused of routing substandard parts into Navy carriers, submarines, Marine armor, and Army tanks through a Florida front company.
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Enforcement
Honeywell Aerospace Pays $2M to Settle Cybersecurity False Claims Act Allegations on DoD Contract
Honeywell Aerospace will pay $2,042,518 to resolve claims it failed to meet NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity standards on a Defense Department contract from 2020-2023, after a former employee's whistleblower suit.
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Enforcement
Deloitte Pays $21.5M to Settle DOJ DEI Hiring Fraud Case
Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle DOJ False Claims Act allegations that it falsely certified compliance with contractor anti-discrimination rules while running race- and sex-based hiring, promotion, and compensation programs. The firm also resolved parallel Indiana and Florida claims over the same conduct the same week.
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Enforcement
Board Wipes Out VA Contractor's $4.2M Claim After Finding Altered Financial Records
Venergy Group loses its full $4.2M delay-damages claim against the VA as a sanction for manipulated audited financials — metadata ties the edits to its CEO's account, he blames an unnamed Grok advocate, and the VA has referred the matter to its Inspector General.
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Enforcement
GSA's $13B Fraud Claim Predates the Task Force It Credits
GSA touted a record $13 billion fraud sweep tied to its new task force, but GovExec found the cited cases predate the task force, with only $29 million in actual settlements against $117 million in alleged fraud.
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Enforcement
$21.5 Million Deloitte Settlement Marks DOJ's Second DEI Fraud Case
Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to resolve DOJ claims that it falsely certified anti-discrimination compliance while running internal DEI programs with race- and sex-based workforce targets, the second case under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
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Enforcement
AiNET and Ex-CEO Pay $1.8M Over Fake Data Center Tier Certification to SEC
AiNET Corp. and former CEO Deepak Jain will pay $1.8 million after DOJ alleged they falsely certified their Beltsville, Maryland data center met Tier III and Tier IV standards to win an SEC contract, including citing a sham inspection body.
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Enforcement
DOJ OIG: DEA Paid $2.9M in Unreasonable Costs to 8(a) Firm
DOJ OIG audit finds DEA paid over $2.9M in unreasonable costs to 8(a) contractor Ocean Bay after accepting unqualified workers and letting staff dictate hiring on a $156M diversion-control staffing contract.
