Topic

Government contracting fraud

False statements or concealment by vendors to win or keep public-sector contracts, often prosecuted in the US as wire fraud.

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DOJ: Oxygen Forensics executives falsely certified US ownership to win government contracts

Federal authorities arrested Oxygen Forensics' CEO and CTO, alleging they hid Russian ownership to win over $2 million in Secret Service work. DOJ does not allege malicious code, so agencies running the tool are left weighing who controls it and the same software's sale to Russia's FSB.

Publishers:cyberscoop.comtherecord.media

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