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Florida man guilty of conspiring to obtain government contracts in Iraq

November 16, 2010 By ei2admin

Peter Dunn, age 43, of Fort Lauderdale, FL pled guilty today in Norfolk federal court to conspiring to defraud the United States in conjunction with the award of government contracts in Iraq.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after United States District Judge Jerome B. Friedman accepted Dunn’s plea.  Dunn will be sentenced on February 22, 2011, and faces up to a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

According to court documents, in 2007 Dunn and a co-defendant formed a new business, Global Procurement, Inc., for the purpose of obtaining government contracts in Iraq.  Having previously tried and failed to obtain such contracts, during July and August 2007 Dunn and his partner became closely involved with several U.S. service members stationed at Camp Taji, Iraq, with input into the contracting process.  These military personnel fraudulently agreed to assist Global Procurement to obtain government contracts in exchange for payments and gifts from Dunn and others.

As part of this conspiracy, one of the service members disclosed confidential competitor bid and pricing information to persons affiliated with Global Procurement, who used the data to prepare Global Procurement’s bid for a contract to supply and install equipment needed to establish a dining facility for Iraqi military and police forces.  This service member also recommended to the contracting officer that this job be awarded to Global Procurement.  After receiving and performing this contract, Global Procurement received $299,405 from the United States in payment for the work.  Thereafter, Dunn and his business partner provided payments and gifts worth approximately $50,000 to one of the service members who had fraudulently helped Global Procurement obtain the job.

This case was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Office of Inspector General, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.  Assistant United States Attorney Robert Krask is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

— SynaVista News – 9 November 2010 – http://www.news.synavista.com/florida-man-guilty-of-conspiring-to-obtain-government-contracts-in-iraq/10680

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: federal contracting, fraud, government contracting, Iraq

Firm gets new federal contract despite overbilling probe

September 27, 2010 By ei2admin

Ignoring calls to scrutinize troubled contractors, the U.S. military has awarded a portion of a $490 million contract to an American corporation that’s under investigation for possible fraud.

The Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract to Louis Berger Group, a New Jersey-based company that federal prosecutors have acknowledged is being investigated for allegedly overbilling the U.S. government.

The contract will be shared with Cummins Power Generation and is for providing generators, building power plants and installing high-voltage transmission systems in “conflict and disaster response locations worldwide,” according to a news release posted last week on Louis Berger’s website.

The decision to continue doing business with Louis Berger has fueled criticism that the Obama administration is willing to overlook criminal allegations in its zeal to rebuild Afghanistan and Iraq. Louis Berger is handling some of the most important U.S. projects in Afghanistan, and it and Cummins also have a seven-year contract with the Army to provide emergency power operations and maintenance in Iraq.

Cummins isn’t under scrutiny in the investigation of Louis Berger.

The overbilling allegations arise from a 2006 whistleblower lawsuit that accused Louis Berger of manipulating overhead cost data and overhead rate proposals submitted to the U.S. government and several states, including Massachusetts, Nevada and Virginia, McClatchy reported Sunday.

Two months after the government learned of the employee’s allegations, the U.S. Agency for International Development tapped Louis Berger to oversee another $1.4 billion in reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan.

Court documents reveal that the Justice Department is negotiating a deal that could “aid in preserving the company’s continuing eligibility to participate” in federal contracting in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Louis Berger officials have declined to respond to questions about the investigation, but they say it shouldn’t taint their work for the government.

A power plant project in Kabul overseen by Louis Berger and another U.S. firm, Black & Veatch, is $40 million over budget and a year behind schedule because of missteps by the American contractors and the U.S. government, according to an audit by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

The special inspector general’s office questioned the wisdom of building a diesel and heavy fuel plant that the Afghan government may not have the capacity to sustain.

Officials with the Army confirmed the award of the latest contract but didn’t immediately respond to questions about the investigation or the rationale for granting the contract to Louis Berger.

— McClatchy Newspapers – Sept. 20, 2010

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army Corps of Engineers, contractor performance, federal contracting, fraud, Iraq, US AID

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