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National Procurement Fraud Task Force (NPFTF) Our Mission
Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew W. Friedrich
Matthew W. Friedrich
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division

The National Procurement Fraud Task Force was created on October 10, 2006, to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud. In announcing the formation of the Task Force, former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty explained, "Procurement fraud cheats American taxpayers and harms the government's efforts to obtain the goods and services needed for its mission.  At a time of heightened concern for our nation's security, every tax dollar is precious."

The Task Force is chaired by the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and includes the FBI, the Department of Justice Inspector General and other federal Inspectors General, defense investigative agencies, federal prosecutors from United States Attorneys offices across the country, as well as the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust and Tax Divisions of the Department of Justice.  The Task Force’s emphasis will be to increase civil and criminal enforcement where it can have the greatest effect, including defective pricing, product substitution, misuse of classified and procurement sensitive information, false claims, grant fraud, labor mischarging, fraud involving foreign military sales, ethics and conflict of interest violations, and public corruption associated with procurement fraud. The Task Force also will focus on maximizing information sharing and take significant leadership in addressing issues such as grant fraud, relations with the private sector, training and legislation.   As former Assistant Attorney General Fisher has stated, “The public needs to have faith in the integrity of the procurement system and know that anyone who is cheating the system will be held accountable.”


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July 21, 2008
Seven Freight Forwarding Firms to Pay U.S. $666,237 to Resolve Bid Rigging Allegations in Violation of the False Claims Act

WASHINGTON - Seven freight forwarding companies – Air Land Forwarders, Arpin International Group, Covan International, Jet Forwarding, and SIRVA, the parent company of Allied Freight Forwarding, Global Worldwide and North American Van Lines – agreed to pay the United States $666,237 for allegations of bid rigging in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
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July 14, 2008
Former CEO Sentenced in Bribery Scheme Involving $130 Million in Federal Contracts

GREENBELT, MARYLAND - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced former Montgomery County police officer Michael B. Holiday, age 51, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for bribery and tax evasion in connection with a scheme involving three federal government contracts worth over $130 million awarded to a Silver Spring company he owned that provided security to federal buildings in Maryland and California, and for transporting child pornography by computer, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
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July 11, 2008
Virginia Woman Indicted in $132 Million Scheme to Defraud Clients of Funds Allegedly Held in Trust

LARA COLEMAN, 40, of Richmond, Va., was charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Chuck Rosenberg announced. The superseding indictment stems from a scheme to defraud and obtain millions of dollars in client funds held by The 1031 Tax Group LLP (1031TG), a qualified intermediary company owned by Edward H. Okun, a co-defendant.
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