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Federal Programs and Procurement Fraud

The MIMF Unit plays a crucial role in prosecuting fraud and corruption related to contracts involving the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies. Many of the Unit’s procurement fraud matters involve sophisticated schemes of national impact, including schemes involving defective products and services, bribery of U.S. officials, and fraudulent pricing, among others.

As part of this effort, the MIMF Unit convicted Balfour Beatty Communities LLC (BBC), one of the largest providers of privatized military housing to the U.S. Armed Forces, and two employees of BBC for a multi-year scheme to supply false information about the quality of BBC’s housing maintenance to the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Navy in order to receive fees to which BBC was not entitled.  

The Unit has been a leader in prosecuting fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) programs. Since April 2020, prosecutors have charged more than 185 defendants in at least 120 separate cases across the country in PPP or EIDL fraud schemes and seized or frozen over $76 million. See the press release.

Fraud Section: PPP & EIDL Prosecutions

 

Fraud Section: PPP & EIDL Prosecutions

In addition, the MIMF Unit prosecutes fraud that arises in the context of other federal programs, including those overseen by the U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education, and Transportation.

As part of these efforts, the MIMF Unit led an enforcement action that resulted in the conviction of at least eight defendants in three separate cases that collectively involved over $100 million of fraud loss to the Department of Veterans Affairs through its Post-9/11 GI Bill program, a benefit program that pays tuition, housing, and other costs for eligible veterans seeking post-secondary education and training.

Kanto Kosan

U.S. v. Imahashi et al.: 1:21-cr-00122-JEB

Military Housing Fraud

U.S. v. Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC: 21-CR-742

U.S. v. Cabrera & Cunefare: 1:21-CR-182

SK Engineering & Construction

U.S. v. SK Engineering & Construction: 2:20-cr-20099-TLP

REK Associates

U.S. v. Franklin Raby: Docket No. 2:19-cr-00054-JRG-MCLC

U.S. v. Victor Garo: Docket No. 1:19-cr-00077-JMS

GDMA

Jeffrey Breslau: Docket No. 3:18-cr-04208-JLS-1

U.S. v. Ricarte Icmat David: Docket No. 3:18-cr-03655-JLS-1

U.S. v. Jesus Vasquez Cantu: Docket No. 3:17-cr-02376-JLS-1

U.S. v. Todd Malaki: Docket No. 3:15-cr-00967-WQH-1

U.S. v. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz: Docket No. 3:15-cr-00033-JLS-1

U.S. v. Dan Layug: Docket No. 3:14-cr-01354-JLS-1

U.S. v. Alex Wisidagama: Docket No. 3:13-cr-04043-JLS-1

U.S. v. Jose Luis Sanchez : Docket No. 3:13-cr-04287-JLS-2

U.S. v. Daniel Dusek : Docket No. 3:15-CR-00131-JLS-1

U.S. v. Leonard Glenn Francis : Docket No. 3:13-cr-03781-JLS-1

U.S. v. John Bertrand Beliveau: Docket No. 3:13-cr-03781-JLS-2

U.S. v. Glenn Defense Marine (Asia) Pte Ltd: Docket No. 3:13-cr-03781-JLS-3

U.S. v. Leonard Glenn Francis: Docket No. 3:13-cr-03782-JLS-1

U.S. v. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz: Docket No. 3:13-cr-03782-JLS-2

U.S. v. Glenn Defense Marine (Asia) Pte Ltd: Docket No. 3:13-cr-03782-JLS-3

U.S. v. Robert Gilbeau: Docket No. 3:16-cr-01313-JLS-1

U.S. v. Michael George Brooks: Docket No. 3:16-cr-01206-JLS-1

U.S. v. Bobby Pitts: Docket No. 3:16-cr-01207-JLS-1

U.S. v. Gentry Debord: Docket No. 3:16-cr-01457-JLS-1

U.S. v. Paul Simpkins: Docket No. 3:15-cr-00530-JLS-1

U.S. v. Neil Peterson: Docket No. 3:14-cr-03703-JLS-1

U.S. v. Linda Raja: Docket No. 3:14-cr-03703-JLS-2

U.S. v. David Newland: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-1

U.S. v. Enrico DeGuzman: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-2

U.S. v. Hornbeck Donald: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-3

U.S. v. James Dolan: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-4

U.S. v. Bruce Loveless: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-5

U.S. v. David Lausman: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-6

U.S. v. Stephen Shedd: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-7

U.S. v. Mario Herrera: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-8

U.S. v. Robert Gorsuch: Docket No. 3:17-cr-00623-JLS-9

U.S. v. David Kapaun: Docket No. 1:17-cr-00335-SOM-1

Afghanistan Contracting

U.S. v. Saed Ismail Amiri: 2:21-CR-00165

U.S. v. David A. Turcios: Docket No. 2:17-cr-00123-JAM-1

U.S. v. Frantz Florville: Docket No. 2:18-cr-00080-EAS-1

U.S. v. Angela West: Docket No. 5:15-cr-00121-DNH-1

U.S. v. Sheryl Ayeni: Docket No. 1:10-cr-00831-1

U.S. v. Regionald O. Dixon: Docket No. 1:12-cr-00574-LEK-1

U.S. v. Larry Emmons : Docket No. 1:12-cr-00579-LEK-1

U.S. v. Wesley Navarro: Docket No. 1:10-cr-00830-1

U.S. v. Christopher Weaver: Docket No. 1:12-cr-00261-MSK-1

U.S. v. Timothy H. Albright: Docket No. 1:15-cr-00029-JEJ-1

U.S. v. Louis Matthew Bailly : Docket No. 5:15-cr-00121-DNH-1

U.S. v. Christopher Ciampa : Docket No. 5:14-cr-00197-BO-1

U.S. v. Enmanuel Lugo : Docket No. 5:14-cr-00251-BO-1

U.S. v. Geoffrey K. Montague : Docket No. 5:15-cr-00077-BO-1

U.S. v. Jeffrey B. Edmondson : Docket No. 5:15-cr-00118-BO-1

U.S. v. Robert Warren Green : Docket No. 5:15-cr-00108-BO-1

U.S. v. Afghan Trade Transportation: Docket No. 1:10-cr-00201-JCC-1

U.S. v. Charles Finch: Docket No. 1:10-cr-00333-LEK-RLP-1

U.S. v. Gary M. Canteen: Docket No. 1:10-cr-00333-LEK-RLP-2

U.S. v. Afghanistan International Trucking: Docket No. 1:10-CR-202

U.S. v. Christopher West: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-1

U.S. v. Patrick Boyd: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-2

U.S. v. Assad John Ramin: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-3

U.S. v. Tahir Ramin: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-4

U.S. v. Noor Alam: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-5

U.S. v. Northern Reconstruction Organization: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-6

U.S. v. Abdul Qudoos Bakhshi: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-7

U.S. v. Naweed Bakhshi Company: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-8

U.S. v. AZ Corporation: Docket No. 1:08-cr-00669-9

U.S. v. Robert W. Gannon: Docket No. 1:15-cr-00277-JCC-1

U.S. v. George E. Green: Docket No. 4:14-cr-00195-MAC-DDB-1

U.S. v. Sheldon J. Morgan: Docket No. 4:16-cr-00007-RRB-1

U.S. v. Donald Bunch: Docket No. 3:15-cr-00051-RV-1

U.S. v. David A. Kline: Docket No. 5:15-cr-00264-BO-1

U.S. v. Robert S. Moore: Docket No. 4:15-cr-40085-JPG-1

U.S. v. Christopher McCray: Docket No. 1:17-cr-00138-UNA-1

U.S. v. Michael Dale Gilbert: Docket No. 2:17-cr-00670-GMS-1

U.S. v. Nebraska McAlpine: Docket No. 1:17-cr-00209-MHC-1

U.S. v. Mark Miller: Docket No. 3:17-cr-30041-RM-TSH-1

Updated August 11, 2023