Tag: Waste and Fraud

A company that handles moves for some military members in South Carolina and Georgia is being accused of inflating costs and overbilling the federal government, allegations that could potentially result in millions of dollars in penalties and fines. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Government accuses military moving company of fraud

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez displays dozens of fraudulent credit cards that were confiscated by McAllen police after arresting a man and a woman on fraud charges tied to the December Target credit card breach, Monday Jan. 20, 2014 at the McAllen Police Department in McAllen, Texas. Rodriguez said Mary Carmen Garcia, 27, and Daniel Guardiola Dominguez, 28, both of Monterrey, Mexico, were arrested Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 after arriving at the border with 96 fraudulent credit cards. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez) MAGS OUT; TV OUT

2 nabbed at Texas border in credit card fraud case

Christopher Sherman · January 21, 2014 5:18 am

Jail for 70 year-old who collected dead mom’s Social Security checks

Michal Conger · January 21, 2014 12:00 am

An eastern Idaho judge has suspended the work release for a former Rigby councilman convicted of insurance fraud. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Idaho judge ends work release for former Rigby city councilman

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

A Peace Corps employee submitted inflated invoices for tire services to the organization and pocketed the difference, according to an inspector general's report. (Thinkstock)

Peace Corps worker embezzled funds through tire service scheme

Michal Conger · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

A former executive at a San Diego hospital has filed a $50 million whistle-blower lawsuit against Prime Healthcare, accusing it of defrauding Medicare. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Suit accuses San Diego hospital chain of overbilling, defrauding Medicare

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Construction on WMATA's Silver Line rail project. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Almost a billion dollars meant for the Silver Line is being mismanaged, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

EPA facilitates the scam through the nature of the mandate. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

EPA green program lays a golden egg for con artists

Joel Gehrke · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

The first Arlington County, Va., Super Stop was installed at Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive last year. (Courtesy photo)

Buck halts at $1.1 million bus ‘Super Stop’

Kenric Ward · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after faulting the department for disregard of public safety in Operation Fast and Furious in this Sept. 20, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Agency stonewalling blocks timely, complete watchdog investigations, IGs tell Congress

Mark Flatten · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Obscure federal commission’s IG says abolish it

Luke Rosiak · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration concluded that the system for calculating subsidies for individuals to purchase insurance through President Obama's health care law didn't have adequate measures in place to minimize security risks and prevent fraud.

GAO says eight federal agencies fail to fix data breach problems

Kelly Cohen · January 14, 2014 5:00 am