February 2009
Grant Fraud White Paper, A Guide to Enhancing the Grant Oversight Processes and Identifying Best Practices for Combating Grant Fraud
Based on input from members of the Grant Fraud Committee, this White Paper discusses recommendations for agencies to consider in preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in grants they administer. These recommendations include enhanced certifications, increased training, improved communications with grant recipients, increased information sharing concerning potential fraud, and rigorous oversight of how grant dollars are spent after they are awarded. This White Paper will be a helpful document for investigators, grant administrators, and grantees. This White Paper is also a timely document, given the significant amount of grant money that will be distributed in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (Read the Full Report)
February 26, 2009
N.J. Electrical Company Employee Pleads Guilty To Defrauding the Environmental Protection Agency at Superfund Site
WASHINGTON - An employee of a Sewell, N.J., company that provided temporary electrical utilities pleaded guilty today to participating in a fraud conspiracy at an Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site in New Jersey, the Department of Justice announced today.
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February 26, 2009
Company Charged with Fraud and False Statements Scheme on Big Dig Contract Convicted
BOSTON, MA - A company doing work on a Big Dig contract pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to submitting false claims on a federal highway project. The scheme involved the systematic, fraudulent billing of apprentice workers at the higher rate of pay for journeymen, resulting in continuing overpayments by the Central Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) project to the contractor. In addition, the scheme also involved fraud against the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.
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February 24, 2009 State Representative Sue Schmitz Found Guilty
DECATUR, AL - SUZANNE L. SCHMITZ, 63, of Toney, Alabama, was found guilty today on 7 out of 8 counts of federal fraud charges. The verdict is announced today by U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin; Acting Alabama Attorney General Richard J. Minor; Special Agent in Charge Carmen S. Adams, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Inspector in Charge Martin Phanco, U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
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