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Feds say Navy contractor stole $13 million, but U.S. government still works with it

March 8, 2017 By Andrew Smith

A North Carolina-based defense contractor defrauded the U.S. government of more than $13.6 million over the course of a decade, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.

But the government is still doing business with the company: Global Services Corp. of Fayetteville, N.C.

Two men – one of whom lives in Hampton Roads – have pleaded guilty, but federal prosecutors have worked the past several months to keep secret the identity of the contractor and its owner.

Court documents do not name the firm or two Newport News-based companies that they say were integral to the conspiracy. They are identified only as Firm G, Company A and Company B.

In most cases, the documents also do not name the president of the defense contracting firm – who prosecutors say was the primary beneficiary of the fraud. The documents generally identify him only by the initials “PAM.”

On one occasion, however, prosecutors filed a document in connection with an accomplice’s case that identified him as Philip A. Mearing – the president of Global Services Corp.

Keep reading this article at: http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/feds-say-navy-contractor-stole-million-but-u-s-government/article_f0e96b82-c45c-5577-b9f9-6a2cc5ffdfbc.html 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: abuse, civil investigative demands, conspiracy, DoD, fraud, IG, invoicing, Navy, waste, wire fraud

Civil litigation can sink contractors

April 22, 2014 By ei2admin

Most people picture high stakes civil litigation taking place in a courtroom where a party has the chance to persuade a judge or jury to validate or reject huge claims for damages.

But envision a different picture, one that takes place in a United States attorney’s office, where only an investigator is running the show, along with a prosecutor, a court reporter and a company’s ex-employee who was “in the know.”

Law enforcement is questioning this former worker under oath, on the record, about claims against a company in a sealed complaint. And this testimony could lead to treble damages. The company doesn’t know about this meeting or even that there is a complaint against it.

Welcome to the new front in high stakes False Claims Act litigation: civil investigative demands, or CIDs.

While the second scenario is not necessarily common place — usually companies eventually learn about an investigation or a whistleblower lawsuit — it can, and does, happen. Use of CIDs in False Claims Act investigations is increasing and defense contractors need to recognize the risks and implement best practices in the event a CID is served on one of its employees.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2014/April/Pages/CivilLitigationCanSinkContractors.aspx

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: CID, civil investigative demands, claim, complaint, False Claims Act, litigation, whistleblower

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