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CEO of Nanotech Company Allegedly Faked Connection With NASA and Defrauded Investors of More than $12 Million (PR-2021-B)
December 09, 2020 James Jeremy Barbera, former founder and chief executive officer of a nanotechnology company based in New York, was arrested and charged with securities and wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain financial investments in fictitious technology he claimed to have developed with NASA.
University of Arkansas Professor Indicted for Wire Fraud and Passport Fraud (PR-2020-I)
July 29, 2020 The Department of Justice announced today that Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 63, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas on 42 counts of wire fraud and two counts of passport fraud.
University of Arkansas Professor Arrested for Wire Fraud (PR-2020-H)
May 11, 2020 Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 63, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was arrested and charged in a federal complaint with one count of wire fraud. The complaint charged that Ang had close ties with the Chinese government and Chinese companies and failed to disclose the associations to obtain NASA funding.
Researcher at University of Tennessee Arrested for Wire Fraud and Making False Statements about Affiliation with a Chinese University (PR-2020-E)
February 27, 2020 Anming Hu, a researcher at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was arrested and charged with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements. Hu engaged in a scheme to defraud NASA by concealing his affiliation with Beijing University of Technology in China.
Florida man convicted of fraudulently exploiting programs designed to protect service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and small disadvantaged businesses (PR-2020-A)
November 08, 2019 A federal jury convicted James Allen Clark for defrauding the government and obtaining over $12 million in government contracts intended for small business owned by service-disabled veterans and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
Chicago Software Developer Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Federal Grant Money (PR-2019-H)
May 09, 2019 Miroslav Velev, a Chicago software developer, was sentenced to 3 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining $200,000 in grant funds intended for federal research to advance his own personal gain.
Aluminum Extrusion Manufacturer Agrees to Pay Over $46 Million for Defrauding Customers, including the United States, in Connection with Test Result Falsification Scheme (PR-2019-G)
April 23, 2019 An Oregon aluminum extrusion manufacturer agreed to pay more than $46 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a 19-year fraud scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions provided to NASA, the Department of Defense, and other commercial customers.
Five Men Charged in 71-Count Indictment for Defrauding Federal Agencies (PR-2019-F)
March 14, 2019 James A. Clark, Eric L. Hogan, Kenneth A. Latham, James K. Alford, and Harvey Daniels, Jr., were charged in a 71-count indictment for conspiracy to include committing wire fraud, making false claims, and bribery in connection with obtaining approximately $15 million in federal contracts intended for disadvantaged small businesses.
Newark-Based Company and CEO Agree to Pay $2.75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Government Contracting Fraud (PR-2019-I)
January 29, 2019 E.M. Photonics, Inc. and its Chief Executive Officer, Eric Kelmelis, agreed to pay $2.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by seeking disbursements from federal agencies for falsified labor costs and duplicative work in order to maximize charges to contracts awarded through the federal Small Business Innovation […]
Scientist Sentenced to Three Years for Defrauding NASA, U.S. Navy, And Missile Defense Agency (PR-2018-E)
August 24, 2018 Akbar Fard (54, formerly of Tampa) was sentenced to three years in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with defrauding NASA, the U.S. Navy, and the Missile Defense Agency out of approximately $1.5 million in federal funds intended for research.