WASHINGTON – Learning Tree International Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act when it improperly invoiced federal agencies in advance for information technology training courses and kept federal funds for training courses that were never actually provided, the Justice Department announced today.

SAN FRANCISCO - A former federal official, Daniel Voll, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to embezzling taxpayer money, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced.

On March 24, 2010, three U.S. Army Sergeants, all of them Retention Specialists, were sentenced in Federal court for theft of Government property.  Sergeant First Class Earl Smith, Sergeant First Class Harold Grady, and Sergeant First Class Gregory Murray were each sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 641, Theft of Government Property, as a result of their role in the theft of thousands of Government computers.   

On March 8, 2010, Jonathan A. Acosta of St. Louis, MO, was arrested by the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office for violating two counts of Missouri State Statute 570.030, Theft of a Credit Card.  An arrest warrant was issued for Acosta on March 5, 2010. 

On March 10, 2010, Lawanda Gail Boldwarrior, former secretary for Indian Child Welfare for the Ponca Tribe, was sentenced to two years probation, 104 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 assessment and $9,533.72 in restitution.  As a condition of her probation, Boldwarrior will be required to attend a substance abuse aftercare program and to abstain from alcohol and intoxicants both during and after completion of the program.  In addition Boldwarrior shall not possess a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or any other weapon.

On March 8, 2010, Lawrence A. Veres, owner of Hose-Mart Incorporated, was convicted of violating Title 18 USC 1001, False Statements. The Honorable Gary Allen Feess, U. S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA, accepted Veres' guilty plea, sentenced him to six months probation, and ordered him to pay an $1800 fine.

BAE Systems plc (BAES) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia to conspiring to defraud the United States by impairing and impeding its lawful functions, to make false statements about its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance program, and to violate the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.  BAES was sentenced to pay a $400 million criminal fine, one of the largest criminal fines in the history of ongoing efforts to combat overseas corruption in international business and enforce U.S. export control laws.