March 18, 2025

DCAA investigative auditors use data analytics to support $600,000 settlement case

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) investigative auditors provided support in an investigative case against Whitney Blake Company and its subsidiary Live Wire.

March 6, 2025

Auditors provide crucial assistance on $750,000 case against Strategic Technology Institute Inc.

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA investigative auditors from the Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) provided investigative support for a case where Strategic Technology Institute Inc. (STI) was allegedly submitting false documents to the government for services not received.

Feb. 27, 2025

Alessia Pro Trans Spedition (APT) guilty plea to kickbacks and favorable treatment

Fort Belvoir, Va. — An Alessia Pro Trans Spedition (APT) owner, who was also employed with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), recently pleaded guilty to kickbacks and favorable treatment.

Feb. 20, 2025

Cambridge International Systems $2.25 million guilty plea in government contracts bribery scheme

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Cambridge International Systems, Inc. (Cambridge) and the former executive vice president, Russell Thurston, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit bribery scheme.

Feb. 11, 2025

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation False Claims Act violation results in $15 million settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (Booz Allen) agreed to pay the United States over $15 million to resolve allegations against Booz Allen’s subsidiary, Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services LLC (BES).

Sept. 9, 2024

Operations Investigative Support Division assists fraud case against Prysmian Cable and Systems USA LLC

Fort Belvoir — Prysmian Cable and Systems USA LLC (Prysmian) agreed to pay $920,000 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly falsifying test results and failing to conduct required testing on cables used in vehicles created for military use between 2005 to 2021.

Sept. 2, 2024

Auditors support case against Amethyst Research, Inc. resulting in $645,000 settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA’s Operations Investigation Support Division (OIS) supported an investigation with the Defense Criminal Investigation Service (DCIS). Amethyst Research, Inc. (ARI) agreed to pay $645,000 to settle fraud allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of NASA and the DoD.

Aug. 5, 2024

DoD Fraud Prevention Week with the Operations Investigation Support Team

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Fraud is a crime that can impact individuals, groups, or large corporations. DCAA is dedicated to preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse of government funds. From Aug. 5 to Aug. 8, 2024, DCAA is dedicated to support DoD’s Fraud Prevention Week.

Feb. 13, 2024

DCAA Western Region auditors helped investigate a case that resulted in a $5 million settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Merrill Technologies Group, Inc. (MTM), and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $5 million to resolve False Claims Act violations.

Nov. 28, 2023

DCAA Auditors Help with Investigation Resulting in $9 Million Settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) helped investigate a case with Federal False Claims Act violations that resulted in a $9 million settlement.

Oct. 24, 2023

OIS DCAA Auditors Recognized for Superior Work

New Haven, Ct. — Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) team members Igor Yegoroff and Myron Antoniw, and previous OIS auditors Karen Yanochko, David Gotlib and Brian Green received the United States Attorney’s Award in recognition of their “superior efforts in the investigation and prosecution of U.S. ex rel. Balestrieri v. Triumph Actuation Systems – Connecticut LLC (Triumph)” on October 5.

Oct. 16, 2023

DCAA Auditors Help with Investigation Resulting in $600,000 Settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Auditor Diyana Flores, Supervisor Auditor Sandy Porter, and former Auditor Janet Leonard helped discover Federal False Claims Act violations that resulted in a $600,000 settlement. The American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS) will pay $600,000 for knowingly submitting inflated price quotes.

Sept. 21, 2023

Auditors Support Investigation Resulting in $4.4 Million Settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Auditor Gina Collier, Supervisory Auditors Sandy Storzieri and Tim Chase, and former Auditors Tim Griffith and Nellymar Cartegena supported an investigation that resulted in a $4.4 million settlement.

Aug. 2, 2023

Auditors Contribute to $377.45 Million Settlement

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Supervisory Auditors Tim Chase, Myron Antoniw and Senior Auditors Nellymar Cartagena Leon, Karyn Yanochko, and Igor Yegoroff, supported a case that resulted in a settlement of $377.45 million.

June 30, 2023

Auditors Support Investigation Leading to Prosecution

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Investigative Support Auditors Rebecca Pugsley and Shannon Mabry and Supervisory Auditors Roy Nelson and Jeff Beck analyzed corporate financial records, procurement documents, and bank records in support of a case resulting in both fines and jail sentences.

May 2, 2023

Auditors Support Investigation

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Roy Nelson, Senior Auditor, and Jeff C. Beck, Supervisory Auditor, reviewed proposal documents and invoice history to identify the proposed part costs and prepared a projected damage analysis for the Department of Justice related to a settlement of $21.8 million.

March 30, 2023

Pharmacist Found Guilty of 22 Felonies Totaling $11 Million in Tricare Fraud

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Supervisory Auditors Mark Saunders, Fei Lincoln, and Technical Specialist Elba Piligrino assisted in a case involving healthcare fraud. Sentencing for this case is scheduled for April 2023.

March 13, 2023

Two Biotech Firms & Co-Founder to Pay over $10 Million for Mischarging Federal Grants

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditor Maria Rosalinda Perez-Rivera and Supervisory Auditor Fei Lincoln provided assistance in a case involving two biotech firms and allegations of improper billing to federal grants.

Feb. 10, 2023

Investigation Leads to Settlement Agreement of over $475,000

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division auditor Igor Yegoroff and Supervisory Auditor Myron Antoniw assisted in an investigation leading to a civil settlement agreement of $478,586.

Jan. 24, 2023

Auditors’ Support Results in Fine and 52 Months in Prison

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Operations Investigative Support auditors assisted in a case resulting in a Newport News woman being sentenced on January 5, 2023, to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for evading the assessment of her 2015 and 2016 income tax returns.

Jan. 9, 2023

Auditors' Support Results in $10 million Payment

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditor Maria Rosalinda Perez-Rivera, Supervisory Auditor Fei Lincoln and Technical Specialist Elba Piligrino assisted in an investigation leading to a $10 million payment.

Dec. 21, 2022

Auditors' Support Contributes to Case

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA's investigative support auditors provided support to a multi-agency team investigating allegations of fraud.

Dec. 2, 2022

Auditors Support Investigation Resulting in $8.4 Million Payment

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA auditors supported an investigation which resulted in a $8.4 million payment by a contractor.

Sept. 26, 2022

US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia presents award to DCAA Investigative Support Auditor

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Ms. Gina Vaughan recieved an award for her work on a case involving conspiracy and a scheme related to government contracts supplying items to the US armed forces.

Aug. 23, 2022

Three Kansas Men Accused of Fraud

Fort Belvoir, Va. — DCAA Auditors assisted in an investigation resulting in the indictment of three men for fraud.