This Armed Forces Day, DCAA honors those who serve in all six branches of the military and thanks them for protecting our home on land, at sea and in the air and space.

DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) Auditor Russell Hafter and Supervisory Auditor Myron Antoniw reviewed contract information, analyzed sales transactions and created damage models for a $15 million False Claims Act case. DRI Relays Inc. (DRI), a subsidiary of TE Connectivity Corporation (TEC) agreed to pay $15.7 million to resolve False Claims Act violations.

DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) auditors assisted a criminal investigation for two SP Global Institute, Inc. (SPGI) executives. Thomas Burns and Daniel Trolley were ordered to pay over $12 million in restitution, with Burns sentenced to 48 months imprisonment and Tolley sentenced to 14 months for theft of government property.

Daniel Criswell Lee, a project manager representing Agile Infrastructure Service, LLC. (Agile), was recently sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution for a wire fraud scheme.

DCAA Operations Investigative Support Division (OIS) auditors supported special agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General in a multi-million-dollar bribery scheme.

Diana Pappas is a Technical Specialist at the LM-BAE Corporate Audit Directorate (CAD). She was recently awarded a CAD Director’s Challenge coin for her leadership and work successfully migrating her office records to a new storage system.

Cardiac Imaging Inc. (CII) recently agreed to pay a historic $75 million settlement, including additional amounts based on future revenue, to resolve allegations of fraud related to improper medical referrals.

The Ohio River Valley Branch Office (ORVBO) recently completed a multi-million dollar fixed-price subcontract proposal audit related to advanced military supplies and weaponry.

HealthNet Federal Services, Inc. (HNFS) and its corporate parent, Centene Corporation, has agreed to pay over $11 million to settle False Claims Act violations.

The Rapid Operations Branch Office (ROBO) recently identified over $40 million in questioned and unsupported costs on a firm-fixed-price proposal, earning praise from both the contract requestor and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA).