Supreme Foodservice GmbH, a privately held Swiss company, and Supreme Foodservice FZE, a privately-held United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, pleaded guilty today to major fraud against the United States and agreed to resolve civil violations of the False Claims Act, in connection with a contract to provide food and water to the U.S. troops serving […]
A federal audit has found problems with the State Department’s oversight of security at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. The audit, issued November 3, showed that, years after the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and long after Washington policymakers pledged to bolster protection for diplomats in danger zones, the State Department […]
C3PO International Ltd. filed a counterclaim against DynCorp International, LLC’s bid to escape a nearly $6.6 million Texas federal court suit over the abandonment of a C3PO facility (Camp Pinnacle) in Afghanistan following a bombing, saying it had “easily” met the threshold to plead breach of contract. C3PO, a subcontractor to DynCorp under a U.S. Department […]
Security company G4S is refusing to address concerns over its involvement in the running of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay. The human rights and legal charity Reprieve submitted a complaint to the UK government earlier this year, arguing that G4S has breached OECD Guidelines because of its contract to supply ‘base support operating services’ […]
WASHINGTON —In Seon Lim, a former contracting official for the U.S. Department of the Army, was sentenced last week to four years in prison for his role in a scheme in which he accepted over $490,000 worth of benefits, including cash payments and vacations, from favored contractors. In return, he helped these businesses obtain millions of […]