Contractor pleads guilty to fraud, theft over $40M contract to supply VA, FEMA with N95 masks he didnât have By Austin Williams Here are ways that can help stop you from being swindled. ARLINGTON, Va. - A Virginia contractor in February pleaded guilty to three counts of of making false statements, wire fraud and theft of government funds after he was awarded nearly $40 million in contracts from federal agencies to deliver N95 masks he didn’t have, ProPublica reported. Robert Stewart Jr. obtained more than $38 million in contracts from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide N95 face masks with his business, Federal Government Experts LLC, according to a February report from ProPublica and court documents.