Procurement Fraud: White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement
In addition to an extensive civil fraud practice that encompasses the False Claims Act and qui tam litigation, Crowell & Moring attorneys have defended dozens of criminal investigations for government contractors large and small, including many of the largest defense contractors in the world. These cases have involved every imaginable issue that can arise in a federal government procurement, including:
- Quality defects or product substitution for almost every conceivable kind of military hardware
- Defective pricing or other irregularities in the pricing or formation of government contracts
- Issues related to the handling of classified information, and disclosure or use of procurement-sensitive information, including representations of major contractors in the Ill Wind investigation
- The full range of accounting questions, including mischarging of labor and material costs, allocation of overhead, and various issues under the Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulations
- Issues arising from foreign military sales, including export control matters and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- The relationship of contractors to government officials, including ethics and conflict-of-interest issues.