It’s no shock that a political change in the Executive Branch leads to an increase in grant fraud and procurement fraud enforcement. The reason? There is low risk in scrutinizing grants and contracts awarded by the outgoing administration. Whatever shenanigans are discovered by a new Administration will
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Netherlands-based drilling company SMB Offshore NV has reached a $342 million settlement with state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazilian Petroleum SA) following a near-complete investigation into corruption allegations. Though at the time of the settlement no conclusive evidence was found, Brazilian investigators did find “red flags” in the Dutch
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Sheldon J. Morgan, 36 and a sergeant in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in the District Court of Alaska’s Fairbanks courthouse. Stationed at FOB Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Morgan admitted to working with Afghani truckers to steal fuel from
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Cinnaminson, NJ- The massive, multilateral investigation into Leonard Glenn Francis of GDMA’s navy bribery scheme continues with highest-ranking charge yet. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gibeau pleads guilty to lying to federal investigators (DCIS and NCIS) in regards to his relationship with Francis. Gibeau admits he received
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Two men, Ivan Dwight Brannan, 61, and David R. Nelson, 55 are sentenced to 48 and 24 months of prison respectively, following conviction of bribing US Marine Corps officials. The pair, one ex-agent and one truck driver, paid over $120,000 in bribes to Mitchell Potts
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Per FCPA, two companies to agree to SEC non-prosecution agreements. Akami Technologies (MA) and Nortek Inc. (RI) have both faced unconnected allegations of ill-gotten gains from bribery of Chinese subsidiaries. The companies are agreeing to forfeit $652,452 and $291,403, respectively, for confession to bribing and
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Ex-government contractor pleads guilty to bribing two public officials for work his company contracted for the General Service Administration (GSA). Moustafa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, 37, bribed two building managers in the Washington, D.C. metro area for over $200,000 in awarded construction and maintenance work. Ibrahim’s hearing
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