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June 20, 2016 By AMK

Former GSA official and husband indicted in $1.3 million government contracting scheme

Prosecutors said the $1.3 million federal government contracting scheme was a family affair.

Justice Dept. sealA federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former General Services Administration (GSA) official and her husband on charges of conspiring to skirt contracting rules to hire family members and the relative of another employee.

Prosecutors said Helen “Renee” Ballard, a former GSA contracting office director, and her husband, a former employee of the Arlington, Virginia-based federal contractor, CACI Inc., used their positions to place relatives on a contract that Ballard supervised.

The couple, who live in Brandywine, Maryland, were indicted on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and false statements.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/maryland-couple-indicted-in-13-million-government-contracting-scheme/2016/06/14/e18b475e-3278-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html

See Justice Department press release at: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/former-director-general-services-administration-division-and-husband-indicted-fraud-and

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: abuse, CACI, conspiracy, DOJ, false statements, federal contracting, fraud, GSA, Justice Dept., nepotism, theft, wire fraud

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