Enforcement
False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
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Enforcement
GSA IG Finds Schedule Pricing Data Too Broken to Trust
A GSA inspector general audit finds Federal Acquisition Service product data controls unreliable, warning that inaccurate manufacturer names and part numbers on GSA Advantage and in Transactional Data Reporting could cause agencies to overpay on Multiple Award Schedule purchases.
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Enforcement
GSA Manager Convicted in $172K VA Caregiver Fraud
A federal jury convicted a GSA project manager who oversaw multi-million-dollar vendor contracts of conspiring to defraud a VA family caregiver program of more than $170,000 over nine years.
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Enforcement
GSA Watchdog Flags Broken Product-Data Checks Across Multiple Award Schedule Contracts
A GSA Inspector General audit finds FAS lacks effective controls to ensure accurate manufacturer names and part numbers on Multiple Award Schedule contracts, warning inconsistent catalog data may cause agencies to overpay for identical products.
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Enforcement
Judge Approves $57M Tetra Tech Hunters Point Settlement
A federal judge approved a $57 million False Claims Act settlement resolving claims Tetra Tech EC falsified radiation test results at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard cleanup site.
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Enforcement
$11.77M Settlement Resolves PPP Fraud Claims Against China-Owned Continental Aerospace
Continental Aerospace Technologies, owned in part by China's AVIC, will pay $11,772,680.14 to settle False Claims Act allegations it fraudulently obtained a PPP loan by undercounting affiliate headcount, resolving two qui tam whistleblower suits.
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Enforcement
Judd Wire Pays $1.014M Over Untested Navy Wire Claims
Judd Wire Inc. will pay $1.014 million, including $676,000 in restitution, to resolve False Claims Act allegations it failed to run tests required under 29 Navy wire and cable specifications from 2011 to 2021. The company self-disclosed the lapses and cooperated with DOJ's investigation.
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Enforcement
Navy Auditor General Substantiated for Harassment, Favoritism and Retaliation Against Rival
DoW OIG report DOWIG-2026-104 substantiates harassment, hiring favoritism and misuse-of-office findings against Navy Auditor General Donjette Gilmore, including a campaign against the subordinate who beat her for the job in 2018.
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Enforcement
DOE Settles $7.5M Fraud Claim With Ascend Elements
DOE reached a $7.5 million settlement with bankrupt battery recycler Ascend Elements over subcontractor RMF Nooter's alleged overbilling on its Kentucky Apex 1 plant, resolved as an offset against DOE grant funds instead of a cash payment.
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Enforcement
Peachtree City Firm Pays $2.6M in PPP Fraud Settlement
Universal Environmental Services, a German-owned Peachtree City oil re-refiner, will pay $2.6 million after a whistleblower alleged it underreported its corporate family workforce on a PPP loan application, with SBA covering the forgiven $2 million loan.
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Enforcement
Sierra Nevada Pays $7.75M in Conflict-of-Interest Case
Sierra Nevada Company will pay $7.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it employed a Department of War J6 official who steered Army, GSA, and SOCOM contract awards to the company while on its payroll.
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Enforcement
Loyal Source Settles Fraud Claims, Keeps $2.1B in Contracts
Loyal Source and Officium Global will pay over $3.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations over a fraudulent SDVOSB set-aside scheme. A Stars and Stripes review found Loyal Source still holds $2.1 billion in federal contracts and isn't on GSA's exclusions list.
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Enforcement
DHS Watchdog: CBP May Have Violated Antideficiency Act
DHS OIG found CBP spent over $5 million in misdirected appropriations building a radiation-detection prototype via a DOE FFRDC, bypassing required oversight; CBP disputes the finding.
