Contractor Gets Jail After Defrauding Government Out of $346 Million in Contracts Meant for Vets and Minorities
Matthew C. McPherson, 45, of Olathe, Kansas, was also ordered to pay the government back $5.5 million.
Source: military.com
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Contractor McPherson given prison sentence linked to Rent-a-Vet scheme
A local contractor was sentenced to two years, four months in prison for a federal crime linked to a scheme that defrauded the federal government.
Source: cjonline.com
Kansas contractor sentenced for fraudulently taking millions of federal funds meant for disabled vets
A Topeka-based contractor cheated to obtain contracts between 2009 and 2018 that should have gone to firms led by disabled veterans and racial minorities. The type of scheme involved is often called “Rent-A-Vet” or “Rent-A-Minority” fraud., prosecutors said.
Source: stripes.com
Business owner sentenced for fraud scheme | Internal Revenue Service
January 5, 2022 — An Olathe, Kansas, man who conspired with others to control construction businesses that received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government contracts, was sentenced in federal court today for defrauding the government with respect to contracts set aside for service-disabled veterans and certified minorities.
Source: irs.gov