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DOJ Press Release: Former Federal Government Employee Pleads Guilty to False Statements

This press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announces a settlement resolving civil allegations related to federal research grants provided by NASA and NOAA to a research scientist at the State University of University at Albany.

This press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announces the sentencing of Curtis A. Alleyne from Almond, Wisconsin, for wire fraud and money laundering associated with a COVID-19 pandemic relief program. The investigation was conducted by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Task Force.

This press release announces that a defendant pleaded guilty to environmental crimes related to the illegal construction and deposit of material into the wetlands and waters of the United States in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

This press release announces that the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force is adding four new national partners for a total of 38 agencies and offices committed to deterring, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting antitrust crimes and related schemes that target government procurement, grants, and program funding at all levels of government.

This press release announces that two farmers of Springfield, Colorado, have agreed to pay over $6.5 million to resolve allegations that they defrauded federal crop insurance programs by tampering with and damaging rain gauges.

This press release announces that a McLean man pleaded guilty to defrauding the Small Business Administration by fraudulently obtaining approximately $455,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan funds.

This press release announces that The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, and the Procurement Collusion Strike Force hosted a summit where procurement officials and law enforcement partners from across Southern California convened to discuss emerging threats and raise awareness.

This press release announces that the Pavion Company has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle civil fraud allegations that it and its subsidiaries improperly obtained government contracts that were set-aside for small businesses that they were ineligible to receive.

This press release announces that on December 6, 2023, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned two separate indictments charging three individuals for violations of the Clean Water Act. The charges relate to the illegal construction and deposit of material into the wetlands and waters of the United States in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.