Enforcement
False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
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Enforcement
Estonian Pleads Guilty to Smuggling U.S. Tech to Russia
Andrey Shevlyakov pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on July 23, 2026 to running a decade-long network that fed restricted U.S. defense electronics to the Russian military. He faces up to 40 years and will forfeit about $1.5 million.
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Enforcement
NASA Workforce Purge Threatens Oversight of 25 of 36 Major Projects as Orion Overruns Mount, GAO Warns
GAO's annual assessment (GAO-26-108556) found NASA's loss of nearly 22% of its civil-servant workforce now threatens oversight of 25 of 36 major projects, as Orion drives most of the annual cost overruns in a portfolio topping $70B in life-cycle costs.
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Enforcement
SoftBank Robotics Pays $3.64M in PPP False Claims Case
SoftBank Robotics America agreed to pay $3.64M to settle False Claims Act allegations it understated headcount to obtain a PPP loan, ignoring affiliation with its multinational parent. NDCA settled a companion IGEL case the same day for $3.17M.
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Enforcement
$24M Settlement Closes COVID-19 Testing Fraud Case Against Dallas Lab Magnolia Diagnostics
Magnolia Diagnostics, its owners John and Kelly Bains, and the lab's investors will pay $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they billed Medicare for medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panels bundled onto seniors' COVID-19 testing from 2020 to 2021.
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Enforcement
Foreign-Owned Texas Metals Firm Pays $1.18M in PPP Case
Stafford, Texas-based Matrix Metals LLC will pay $1,175,529.20 to settle False Claims Act allegations it took a Second Draw PPP loan it was too big to qualify for — its India-based parent's affiliated headcount pushed it past the 300-employee cap.
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Enforcement
$11.6M in Three Days: PPP False Claims Settlements Turn on SBA Affiliation Rules
DOJ announced five False Claims Act settlements over PPP loans between July 21 and July 23, 2026, totaling $11,648,830.04. Four turned on SBA affiliation and size-standard certifications, with foreign parents or affiliates driving the headcount over the limit.
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Enforcement
DOJ Sets Seven-Part Bar for Data-Mining FCA Relators
DOJ's Civil Division linked its FOCUS Initiative questionnaire from its announcement page, updated July 17, 2026, requiring data-miner qui tam relators to answer seven questions in no more than 10 pages, name their data sources, disclose prior filings, and show fraud rather than administrative overpayment.
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Enforcement
GSA Recoded 321 Assisted-Acquisition Contracts as Classified — Its IG Says 40% of a New Sample Is Still Wrong
GSA OIG says the Office of Assisted Acquisition Services reclassified 321 of 479 Level 2 contracts as Level 3, but a March 2026 sample found 4 of 10 still misclassified. Two recommendations remain open, and a revised corrective action plan is due August 19, 2026.
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Enforcement
NC Contractor Pays $1M Over False USPS Repair Claims
A-Plus Management, LLC and owner Jared Chavis of Maxton, NC agreed to pay $1 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they overstated labor, mischarged travel, and altered invoices for repairs at U.S. Postal Service facilities.
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Enforcement
NeoGenomics Pays $9.8M to Settle Kickback and Stark Law Claims Over Below-Cost Lab Consulting
NeoGenomics Laboratories will pay $9,813,260 to settle False Claims Act allegations that its Laboratory Clinical Initiative gave 28 providers below-market flow cytometry and FISH consulting to induce lab-test referrals, breaching the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. The Florida lab self-disclosed and earned cooperation credit.
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Enforcement
Labcorp Pays $14.5M to Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
Laboratory Corporation of America will pay $14.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for medically unnecessary urine drug tests through its ToxAssure Comprehensive panel, DOJ announced July 15, 2026.
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Enforcement
Amtrak Facade Contractor Pays $7.26M in Kickback Case
Mark 1 Restoration and owner Mark Snedden agreed to a $7,257,232.12 civil resolution over kickbacks to an Amtrak employee that unlocked more than $52 million in change orders at 30th Street Station. Four executives got prison; FRA suspended the firm.
