brian Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 I just read the DOJ Press Release that Bob posted last week about "Virginia man gets 37 months for bribery and kickback scheme involving government contracts." At first, I assumed that, since the Corps of Engineers was involved, and since the fines were in the $10 million ballpark, per individual, that it was on a contract for construction in Afghanistan. NOPE. Simple little IT contract for the USACE, performed in NOVA and DC, apparently. How does a Contractor scam $20 Million plus on a $40 Million contract, and the COR doesn't notice ? Oops. The COR was one of the conspirators. How do they pull it off without the CO getting suspicious ? I didn't find an answer to that one. What broke this case open ? Was it just good detective work ? Partly. Seems one of the conspirators forced his son to get involved in hushing up a cousin who threatened to rat them out. That raised the first red flags. Then the poor little Sub who was doing ALL of the work on a Kt for $44 M, but only got paid less than half of that amount, went crying to the CO (I'm guessing) that it wasn't fair. But how was this even possible ? It was an Alaska Native Corp. Sole Source. In my anecdotal experience, Requiring Activities like those precisely because they permit abuse of COR discretion. Maybe we learn something from this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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