Our next door neighbors house was raided by the FBI this morning. There were at least 12 agents. They were wearing bulletproof gear and bashed down the door.

He seemed like a nice guy. He lived there with his son. He bought the house about two years ago. He spent a ton fixing it up and it took forever. He says he fixes up houses for a living and decided to keep this one.

I've talked to him a couple of times and I looked at the interior before he moved in. It really was beautiful in there.

How do I find out why they raided it? Does the FBI post their actions somewhere? I went to their website and didn't see anyway to search for something like that.

ahh...was he a contractor for the US Army Corps of Engineers?

Good question. I don't know. He did travel quite a bit.

where?

I believe Europe.

Where was the raid you fucktard.

Maybe this is it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/four-arrested-in-government-bribery-and-contracting-scam/2011/10/04/gIQATmwiKL_blog.html

Why should I tell where the raid is? So I can have people like Highlander parading down my street cussing at my children?

Damn crooks stealing money and potential jobs!

The FBI has mainly been raiding houses in Northern Va for two reasons: Gov contractor fraud and a republican funding campaign scandal.

ConcernedNeighbor Wrote:
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> I went to their
> website and didn't see anyway to search for
> something like that.

If only there was some other way to communicate with an office, too bad a Web site is the only technological way we have to communicate over distances. Is anyone working on another way? :(

ConcernedNeighbor
Date: October 04, 2011 10:22AM
That's exactly what it's about, Channel 7 was reporting on it.
News conference @2pm

InTel Wrote:
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> The FBI has mainly been raiding houses in Northern
> Va for two reasons: Gov contractor fraud and a
> republican funding campaign scandal.

That's interesting considering EVERY recent case involving illegal fundraising schemes and fundraising embezzelment has been about a Democrat.

This seems to be it:

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/10/army-corps-of-engineers-employees-arrested-in-bribery-kickback-scheme-67428.html

News 4 stating 20-40 yrs in prison. Dumbasses.

ConcernedNeighbor Wrote:
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> Our next door neighbors house was raided by the
> FBI this morning. There were at least 12 agents.
> They were wearing bulletproof gear and bashed down
> the door.
>
> He seemed like a nice guy. He lived there with
> his son. He bought the house about two years ago.
> He spent a ton fixing it up and it took forever.
> He says he fixes up houses for a living and
> decided to keep this one.
>
> I've talked to him a couple of times and I looked
> at the interior before he moved in. It really was
> beautiful in there.
>
> How do I find out why they raided it? Does the
> FBI post their actions somewhere? I went to their
> website and didn't see anyway to search for
> something like that.


I saw you on ch. 4 news. Exciting interview!

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V.
KERRY F. KHAN, LEE A. KHAN, MICHAEL A. ALEXANDER, and HAROLD F. DABB,
Defendants

18 U.S.C.§ 371 (Conspiracy)
18 U.S.C.§ 201 (Bribery)
41 U.S.C.§ 8702 (Unlawful Kickbacks)
18 U.S.C.§ 1956(h) (Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments)
18 U.S.C.§ 2 (Aiding and Abetting and Causing an Act to be Done)
18 U.S.C.§§981 and 982, and 28U.S.C. § 2461 (Criminal Forfeiture)


Your day is not starting well when a U.S. Attorney greets you with the above.

Say bye-bye!

Which Virginia-based contractor is involved?

snowdenscold Wrote:
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> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V.
> KERRY F. KHAN, LEE A. KHAN, MICHAEL A. ALEXANDER,
> and HAROLD F. DABB,
> Defendants
>
> 18 U.S.C.§ 371 (Conspiracy)
> 18 U.S.C.§ 201 (Bribery)
> 41 U.S.C.§ 8702 (Unlawful Kickbacks)
> 18 U.S.C.§ 1956(h) (Conspiracy to Launder
> Monetary Instruments)
> 18 U.S.C.§ 2 (Aiding and Abetting and Causing an
> Act to be Done)
> 18 U.S.C.§§981 and 982, and 28U.S.C. § 2461
> (Criminal Forfeiture)
>
>
> Your day is not starting well when a U.S. Attorney
> greets you with the above.
>
> Say bye-bye!


Is that Babb or Dabb?? Any mugshots or ages of these people??

If the FBI has mainly been raiding houses in Northern Va for fraud I guess Barney Frank and his crowd are having their doors kicked in right now.

6X Wrote:
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> snowdenscold Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V.
> > KERRY F. KHAN, LEE A. KHAN, MICHAEL A.
> ALEXANDER,
> > and HAROLD F. DABB,
> > Defendants
> >
> > 18 U.S.C.§ 371 (Conspiracy)
> > 18 U.S.C.§ 201 (Bribery)
> > 41 U.S.C.§ 8702 (Unlawful Kickbacks)
> > 18 U.S.C.§ 1956(h) (Conspiracy to Launder
> > Monetary Instruments)
> > 18 U.S.C.§ 2 (Aiding and Abetting and Causing
> an
> > Act to be Done)
> > 18 U.S.C.§§981 and 982, and 28U.S.C. § 2461
> > (Criminal Forfeiture)
> >
> >
> > Your day is not starting well when a U.S.
> Attorney
> > greets you with the above.
> >
> > Say bye-bye!
>
>
> Is that Babb or Dabb?? Any mugshots or ages of
> these people??


Babb, Dabb, hindeburg, iceburg, what's the diffrence when you have that charge on your ass from the feds..BYE, BYE is right.

PASS GO. Wrote:
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> 6X Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Is that Babb or Dabb?? Any mugshots or ages of
> > these people??
>
>
> Babb, Dabb, hindeburg, iceburg, what's the
> diffrence when you have that charge on your ass
> from the feds..BYE, BYE is right.

The diffrence is I knew a Babb or two along time ago. He was an ass back then.

6X Wrote:
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> PASS GO. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 6X Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Is that Babb or Dabb?? Any mugshots or ages
> of
> > > these people??
> >
> >
> > Babb, Dabb, hindeburg, iceburg, what's the
> > diffrence when you have that charge on your ass
> > from the feds..BYE, BYE is right.
>
> The diffrence is I knew a Babb or two along time
> ago. He was an ass back then.


I guess he got what he deserved then

It is Babb - it copied funny from the PDF when I went to paste it in here.

What is sad is that these guys had to break the law to have their party stopped. They were already scum beforehand:

Federal law was changed to provide Alaska-based corporations with an advantage in Federal contracting. The intended purpose was to provide federal funds to companies that employ native Alaskans. Such accommodations are ridiculous and almost always abused - as this was no exception.

They had a shack in Alaska with a xerox printout of the corporate logo taped to a window...and a large office suite in the Dulles corridor. They are clearly a Virginia-based company pretending to be Alaska-based...and they were not breaking the law because they met the minimum standard.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093007242.html


Fucking ridiculous.

My company routinely includes small subcontractors on bids because they are minority or female-owned...and they typically do almost nothing, other than cash the checks. Why do we do it? Because govt-issued RFPs require us to do so.

Who are the people who own these companies? The poor and disadvantaged? Fucking hardly. They are living in Great Falls and laughing their way to the bank:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-enclaves-reap-rewards-of-contracting-boom-as-federal-dollars-fuel-wealth/2011/06/27/gIQAWQC5HJ_story.html


...and your tax dollars pay for this "white guilt" tax...and it goes to a select minority elite.

Alaska-based or Delaware-based - it's all to game the system.

"KHAN ","LEE ","A","025"," 930","N CHAMBLIS ","ST","ALEXANDRIA ","VA","07/17/2005","IMPROPER TURN AT INTERSECT "
"KHAN ","LEE ","A","026"," 930","N CHAMBLIS ","ST","ALEXANDRIA ","VA","04/07/2006","50-54MPH/35MPH ZONE "
"KHAN ","LEE ","A","026"," 930","N CHAMBLIS ","ST","ALEXANDRIA ","VA","04/07/2006","NO OL IN POSS "



KHAN's house:


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This is fascinating, in the sense like driving by a wreck. you have to look.

I work for a contractor, and no it's not involved in anything like this, in fact the revenue is so much smaller than any of this it is almost laughable.

The thing that struck me after reading the articles and some of the comments to the articles, is the possibility of contracting officers to be complicit in fraud. I have personal knowledge of a situation where a contracting officer (gov employee) awarded contracts without even consulting the agency for whom the contractor would be working. There was no obvious rhyme or reason for it, it was arbitrary. I don't even know who the CO is but I know this happened. Now, these articles make you wonder how and why the various contractors were selected!

Contractor Employee Wrote:
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> This is fascinating, in the sense like driving by
> a wreck. you have to look.
>
> I work for a contractor, and no it's not involved
> in anything like this, in fact the revenue is so
> much smaller than any of this it is almost
> laughable.
>
> The thing that struck me after reading the
> articles and some of the comments to the articles,
> is the possibility of contracting officers to be
> complicit in fraud. I have personal knowledge of
> a situation where a contracting officer (gov
> employee) awarded contracts without even
> consulting the agency for whom the contractor
> would be working. There was no obvious rhyme or
> reason for it, it was arbitrary. I don't even
> know who the CO is but I know this happened. Now,
> these articles make you wonder how and why the
> various contractors were selected!


Call the Agency's IG.

The indictment has the residence (probably the one that the OP didn't want to disclose) as:

13104 Peach Leaf Place, Fairfax VA.

Shell Company after Shell Company....what a bunch of idiots these Khan's were.

Also, these may be the first "Khan's" that I ever heard of that aren't of the Indian SE Asian region.

khansgotojail Wrote:
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> KHAN's house:
>
> View Larger Map

The Khan house sticks out like a sore thumb.

I'm interested in hearing their defense. The indictment makes it sound like the prosecutors have the goods.

They own 2!


13104 Peach Leaf Place, Fairfax VA

Owner
Name KHAN KERRY TR,
Mailing Address 13104 PEACH LEAF PL FAIRFAX VA 22030

Sales

08/18/2011 $0 KHAN KERRY KHAN KERRY TR
08/18/2011 $0 ADRASTEA LLC KHAN KERRY
09/01/2010 $590,000 SINGH JASPINDER ADRASTEA LLC
10/29/2002 $522,000 SINGH JASPINDER

930 N CHAMBLISS ST
ALEXANDRIA VA 223123005


KHAN MYRA OR KERRY MAP: 028.03-01-02 ACCOUNT: 39992000
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 6 SEC 1 LINCOLNIA HILLS BUILDING SQFT: 3765

When I read through the attached articles I also read some of the comments. In the article it gave the name of a company that is involved, unendibted though, as "Company A". Then in one of the comments someone speculated that Company A might be Agilex that is in Chantilly.

Question is, does anyone know anything about this about Agilex being involved? I have dealt with Agilex in the past and have always thought of them as an ethical company.

Oh my god, I just read my last post and noticed the butchered spelling of indicted.

As they say, a man's mind is the second thing to go!!!!!!

Army Corps of Engineers employees arrested in alleged bribery, kickback scheme
By Sam Ford
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/10/army-corps-of-engineers-employees-arrested-in-bribery-kickback-scheme-67428.html

(AP, ABC7) - Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two others have been arrested in a bribery and kickback scheme.

An indictment unsealed Tuesday includes charges of bribery, conspiracy and unlawful kickbacks.

“This indictment alleges one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the history of federal contracting,” said U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen. “These charges are only the beginning of a far-reaching, steadfast effort.”

Prosecutors say the defendants steered a contract worth $780 million to a favored Virginia-based contractor in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks that paid for Rolex watches, Neiman-Marcus clothing, airline tickets, home renovations and other personal expenses.

The two Army Corps employees are Kerry F. Khan, a program manager, and Michael A. Alexander, a program director.

Also charged are Khan's son, Lee A. Khan and Harold F. Babb, the director of contracts for Eyak Technology, a Virginia-based contractor. Khan worked from his home in Alexandria, which stands out because it's so opulent compared to the houses around it.

"It used to look like all the other houses, but they tore it down and built this,” neighbor Eric Cativo said.

The FBI is currently raiding eight locations - seven in Virginia and one in D.C.

Curry Graham, director of public affairs for the Army Corps, said at least one of the Army Corps employees was arrested at work. He confirmed that search warrants were presented at the agency's offices Tuesday, but referred other questions to the Department of Justice.

"We hold our employees to a high standard, and we cooperate with all federal authorities to make sure that we get to the bottom of all these cases and allegations," Graham said.

Quote

When I read through the attached articles I also read some of the comments. In the article it gave the name of a company that is involved, unendibted though, as "Company A". Then in one of the comments someone speculated that Company A might be Agilex that is in Chantilly.

Question is, does anyone know anything about this about Agilex being involved? I have dealt with Agilex in the past and have always thought of them as an ethical company.

Agilex doesn't do any work with the Army Corps of Engineers, that I'm aware of. Don't think it's us.

The probable contractor is listed in this post article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/prosecutor-to-judge-detain-men-in-army-corps-scheme/2011/10/06/gIQAVvM8PL_blog.html

Good stuff going on here. Hopefully all the other idiots involved in this go down as well.

I am not a fan of Beltway Bandits.

More shell companys....now its Nova DataCom, what next CSC, SAIC, BAE, NG, BAH?

I say that if your company is involved with fraud of this magnitude (or any at all), your company should lose ALL federal contracts immediately....period.

Khan Artisits Wrote:
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> The indictment has the residence (probably the one
> that the OP didn't want to disclose) as:
>
> 13104 Peach Leaf Place, Fairfax VA.
>
> Shell Company after Shell Company....what a bunch
> of idiots these Khan's were.
>
> Also, these may be the first "Khan's" that I ever
> heard of that aren't of the Indian SE Asian
> region.

KHANNNN!!!
Attachments:

Hopefully the FBI and SBA will investigate how Min Cho , CEO of Nova Datacom, got here 8(a) status. Min Cho is the sister of Alex Cho. Alex Cho is the founder and Chief Technology Officer who is the named co-conspirator on this article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/prosecutor-to-judge-detain-men-in-army-corps-scheme/2011/10/06/gIQAVvM8PL_blog.html

Army Corps workers charged in fraud case
CNN|Added on October 6, 2011
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/10/06/pkg-army-corps-contractor-fraud-todd.cnn

CNN's Brian Todd reports on an alleged fraud scheme at the Army Corps of Engineers that cost taxpayers $20 million.

News people never check their reports. They are saying Lee Khan has a daughter and never travels. He has a son and he did travel.

interesting Wrote:
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> Good stuff going on here. Hopefully all the other
> idiots involved in this go down as well.
>
> I am not a fan of Beltway Bandits.
>
> More shell companys....now its Nova DataCom, what
> next CSC, SAIC, BAE, NG, BAH?
>
> I say that if your company is involved with fraud
> of this magnitude (or any at all), your company
> should lose ALL federal contracts
> immediately....period.


The criminals included Feds on the inside who made this fraud possible. Should we shut down the government as well? Penalize everyone in the government...and the citizens they support? No? Well perhaps it's safe to also assume that if there are a couple of bad eggs on the Fed side that are responsible, the same is probably true on the contracting side.

I work for a very large DOD contractor...and cannot imagine this happening in my company, but if it did, it would not be systemic fraud - it would be one or two thieves who would need to be punished...harshly. Should an entire team of engineers not involved in the fraud and who bust their ass for a different client be thrown out of work because they work in the same company (perhaps not even in the same group, sector, division, or state)...and should their client's project be pushed back years because they need to cancel their contract that was completely unrelated to the fraud...overseen by different people on both sides?

A tad knee jerk don't you think? Fuck, if that did happen, I could get another job tomorrow...but my DoD client would be fucked. We've got 5 million lines of code and ten years of extensive knowledge of their domain. Yeah, someone else is picking that right up and driving on. No mission impact whatsoever. Got it. Your plan rocks. Let's also execute an entire family when one of them commits a crime.

jhwrbfjksdfbzsdj Wrote:
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> interesting Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Good stuff going on here. Hopefully all the
> other
> > idiots involved in this go down as well.
> >
> > I am not a fan of Beltway Bandits.
> >
> > More shell companys....now its Nova DataCom,
> what
> > next CSC, SAIC, BAE, NG, BAH?
> >
> > I say that if your company is involved with
> fraud
> > of this magnitude (or any at all), your company
> > should lose ALL federal contracts
> > immediately....period.
>
>
> The criminals included Feds on the inside who made
> this fraud possible. Should we shut down the
> government as well? Penalize everyone in the
> government...and the citizens they support? No?
> Well perhaps it's safe to also assume that if
> there are a couple of bad eggs on the Fed side
> that are responsible, the same is probably true on
> the contracting side.
>
> I work for a very large DOD contractor...and
> cannot imagine this happening in my company, but
> if it did, it would not be systemic fraud - it
> would be one or two thieves who would need to be
> punished...harshly. Should an entire team of
> engineers not involved in the fraud and who bust
> their ass for a different client be thrown out of
> work because they work in the same company
> (perhaps not even in the same group, sector,
> division, or state)...and should their client's
> project be pushed back years because they need to
> cancel their contract that was completely
> unrelated to the fraud...overseen by different
> people on both sides?
>
> A tad knee jerk don't you think? Fuck, if that
> did happen, I could get another job tomorrow...but
> my DoD client would be fucked. We've got 5
> million lines of code and ten years of extensive
> knowledge of their domain. Yeah, someone else is
> picking that right up and driving on. No mission
> impact whatsoever. Got it. Your plan rocks.
> Let's also execute an entire family when one of
> them commits a crime.


Better get ready Mr. Contractor. When the tea party gets its way, you'll be out of a job. No need to fret about it, its gonna happen one way or another.

friskydingo Wrote:
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> jhwrbfjksdfbzsdj Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > interesting Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Good stuff going on here. Hopefully all the
> > other
> > > idiots involved in this go down as well.
> > >
> > > I am not a fan of Beltway Bandits.
> > >
> > > More shell companys....now its Nova DataCom,
> > what
> > > next CSC, SAIC, BAE, NG, BAH?
> > >
> > > I say that if your company is involved with
> > fraud
> > > of this magnitude (or any at all), your
> company
> > > should lose ALL federal contracts
> > > immediately....period.
> >
> >
> > The criminals included Feds on the inside who
> made
> > this fraud possible. Should we shut down the
> > government as well? Penalize everyone in the
> > government...and the citizens they support? No?
>
> > Well perhaps it's safe to also assume that if
> > there are a couple of bad eggs on the Fed side
> > that are responsible, the same is probably true
> on
> > the contracting side.
> >
> > I work for a very large DOD contractor...and
> > cannot imagine this happening in my company,
> but
> > if it did, it would not be systemic fraud - it
> > would be one or two thieves who would need to
> be
> > punished...harshly. Should an entire team of
> > engineers not involved in the fraud and who
> bust
> > their ass for a different client be thrown out
> of
> > work because they work in the same company
> > (perhaps not even in the same group, sector,
> > division, or state)...and should their client's
> > project be pushed back years because they need
> to
> > cancel their contract that was completely
> > unrelated to the fraud...overseen by different
> > people on both sides?
> >
> > A tad knee jerk don't you think? Fuck, if that
> > did happen, I could get another job
> tomorrow...but
> > my DoD client would be fucked. We've got 5
> > million lines of code and ten years of
> extensive
> > knowledge of their domain. Yeah, someone else
> is
> > picking that right up and driving on. No
> mission
> > impact whatsoever. Got it. Your plan rocks.
> > Let's also execute an entire family when one of
> > them commits a crime.
>
>
> Better get ready Mr. Contractor. When the tea
> party gets its way, you'll be out of a job. No
> need to fret about it, its gonna happen one way or
> another.



Naive son, naive. No one in any position of influence or power is seriously talking about cutbacks so sweeping that there is even a moderate reduction in contracts or govt jobs. In fact, leading economists keep saying that the one major sector that NEEDS job growth is the govt...to lead the economy into recover.

Either way, I have skills...and a PILE saved. What did you think my wife and I have been doing with our cash....spending it on hookers and blow? lol

Go back to tricking out your Civic junior. If and when the revolution comes, I'll bet my basement (and gun safe) is a tad better stocked then your studio apartment. ;)

uyfyifiyvov Wrote:
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> friskydingo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > jhwrbfjksdfbzsdj Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > interesting Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Good stuff going on here. Hopefully all the
> > > other
> > > > idiots involved in this go down as well.
> > > >
> > > > I am not a fan of Beltway Bandits.
> > > >
> > > > More shell companys....now its Nova
> DataCom,
> > > what
> > > > next CSC, SAIC, BAE, NG, BAH?
> > > >
> > > > I say that if your company is involved with
> > > fraud
> > > > of this magnitude (or any at all), your
> > company
> > > > should lose ALL federal contracts
> > > > immediately....period.
> > >
> > >
> > > The criminals included Feds on the inside who
> > made
> > > this fraud possible. Should we shut down the
> > > government as well? Penalize everyone in the
> > > government...and the citizens they support?
> No?
> >
> > > Well perhaps it's safe to also assume that if
> > > there are a couple of bad eggs on the Fed
> side
> > > that are responsible, the same is probably
> true
> > on
> > > the contracting side.
> > >
> > > I work for a very large DOD contractor...and
> > > cannot imagine this happening in my company,
> > but
> > > if it did, it would not be systemic fraud -
> it
> > > would be one or two thieves who would need to
> > be
> > > punished...harshly. Should an entire team of
> > > engineers not involved in the fraud and who
> > bust
> > > their ass for a different client be thrown
> out
> > of
> > > work because they work in the same company
> > > (perhaps not even in the same group, sector,
> > > division, or state)...and should their
> client's
> > > project be pushed back years because they
> need
> > to
> > > cancel their contract that was completely
> > > unrelated to the fraud...overseen by
> different
> > > people on both sides?
> > >
> > > A tad knee jerk don't you think? Fuck, if
> that
> > > did happen, I could get another job
> > tomorrow...but
> > > my DoD client would be fucked. We've got 5
> > > million lines of code and ten years of
> > extensive
> > > knowledge of their domain. Yeah, someone
> else
> > is
> > > picking that right up and driving on. No
> > mission
> > > impact whatsoever. Got it. Your plan rocks.
>
> > > Let's also execute an entire family when one
> of
> > > them commits a crime.
> >
> >
> > Better get ready Mr. Contractor. When the tea
> > party gets its way, you'll be out of a job. No
> > need to fret about it, its gonna happen one way
> or
> > another.
>
>
>
> In fact,
> leading economists keep saying that the one major
> sector that NEEDS job growth is the govt...to lead
> the economy into recovery
>


Oh trust me, I agree with you.

I'm just saying that if these clowns do what the say we're all gonna be hurtin here, starting with the contractors.

I see some contractors chearing the "tea party" and I'm like "wtf, they think YOU are part of the problem.. YOU are part of the waste they want to eliminate!"

I just don't get it.. No one who works or lives in this area should be in favor of sweeping government cutbacks. Its the ultimate example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

P.s. Sorry for derailing the thread about khan and company

Whole companies or agencies don't need to be thrown under the bus because of this. Just punish the guilty and fire the negligent who should have been watching out for the fraud.

I think the tragedy is that Kerry Khan got his son involved. And Lee Khan has a young child who will definitely be impacted by this.

Let's not forget... These guys stole your money, my money and the money from all the US Women and Men fighting for our country. Whole companies need to be made liable for there actions even if it is the result of one employee. And in this case, Alex Cho is the founder of the Company mentioned. He defrauded the government and took advantage of his companies 8(a) status. Yes, families will be impacted and yes it is sad but at the end of the day.... Fraud is Fraud and a company should not be able to continue doing business as if nothing happened. That goes for both Eyaktek, Nova Datacom and any other company that thinks its above the law. Nothing wrong with being a concerned neighbor but let's not be blind as well.

There are rules for blackballing companies for dealing in bad faith with the government. They should be followed. I will agree with that.

Taxpayer Wrote:
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> Let's not forget... These guys stole your money,
> my money and the money from all the US Women and
> Men fighting for our country. Whole companies
> need to be made liable for there actions even if
> it is the result of one employee. And in this
> case, Alex Cho is the founder of the Company
> mentioned. He defrauded the government and took
> advantage of his companies 8(a) status. Yes,
> families will be impacted and yes it is sad but at
> the end of the day.... Fraud is Fraud and a
> company should not be able to continue doing
> business as if nothing happened. That goes for
> both Eyaktek, Nova Datacom and any other company
> that thinks its above the law. Nothing wrong with
> being a concerned neighbor but let's not be blind
> as well.


Kudos! I agree. Being that there are plenty of companies that would do the work honestly and not at the expense of others. All the companies involved should lose all their Federal contracts ASAP.

Fuck them like they fucked the system!

It just keeps coming:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-nova-datacom-executive-admits-to-falsifying-information-for-federal-bids/2011/10/13/gIQANpUmiL_story.html

Northern VA seems to be a tick magnet for many companies that want to suck money from the federal government. Falsify information, drum up some lucrative contract with the feds, take the money, and fall away. It helps if one has a native american involved, so the work is secured with minimal investigation.

Another nice read before his arrest. Laughed after reading this.

https://swarm.internet.com/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=9&tag=Nova%20Datacom&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=9

This doesn't surprise me one bit...

I worked at Nova Datacom last year for about 7 months and left abruptly because of all the fishy stuff going on. I knew something was up when I was expected to receive a bonus and they wanted to give it to me instead as a "reimbursement of business expenses" so they could avoid paying taxes... this kind of thing was actually quite a regular occurrence.

I also remember on several occasions where Ted and a few other execs mentioned how they would get their friends at other companies to write past performances that they could use when bidding on Federal contracts.

I had half a mind to report them back then and I'm just glad they are finally shown for who they truly are... a bunch of scam artists...

sfouant Wrote:
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> This doesn't surprise me one bit...
>
> I worked at Nova Datacom last year for about 7
> months and left abruptly because of all the fishy
> stuff going on. I knew something was up when I
> was expected to receive a bonus and they wanted to
> give it to me instead as a "reimbursement of
> business expenses" so they could avoid paying
> taxes... this kind of thing was actually quite a
> regular occurrence.
>
> I also remember on several occasions where Ted and
> a few other execs mentioned how they would get
> their friends at other companies to write past
> performances that they could use when bidding on
> Federal contracts.
>
> I had half a mind to report them back then and I'm
> just glad they are finally shown for who they
> truly are... a bunch of scam artists...

I'm curious as to how many companies and individuals will be implicated in the investigation.

I'm just curious if they'll be able to keep the existing contracts they already have... how does this kind of thing usually affect other companies which have been embroiled in such activities?

Doesn't seem right if a bunch of crooks get to keep making money when it's been shown they're guilty of robbing the taxpayers...

sfouant Wrote:
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> I'm just curious if they'll be able to keep the
> existing contracts they already have... how does
> this kind of thing usually affect other companies
> which have been embroiled in such activities?
>
> Doesn't seem right if a bunch of crooks get to
> keep making money when it's been shown they're
> guilty of robbing the taxpayers...

They get to keep their jobs and contracts until they're found guilty or some other agency forces them to drop them.

After doing a little research it seems like Nova Datacom's Min Cho was made CEO in 2007 so she could obtain the 8(a) certification. She only joined the company in 2007 and by 2008 they were certified and going after contracts. She is named in 2011 Inc.5000 Top 10 East Asian Entrepreneurs:

http://www.inc.com/ss/2011-inc-5000-top-10-east-asian-run-companies#9

Nova Datacom's Min Cho- CEO
Attachments:

Examiner reader tip leads to figure in $20m contracting scandal
By: Scott McCabe
Examiner Staff Writer
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2011/10/exmainer-reader-tip-leads-figure-20m-contracting-scandal#ixzz1awqe0teY

.A man connected to what might be the largest federal contracting scam in history originally came to police attention after being arrested on a tip from a reader of The Washington Examiner.

Ferose Kerry Khan, 30, had been on the run for several months last year and was toying with U.S. marshals, calling their office hot line and telling them that he'd turn himself in when he was ready. He was wanted on charges of felony drug trafficking, attempted bribery of a law enforcement officer and impersonating a police officer.

Marshals caught up to Khan after an Examiner reader saw his story and mugshot and called in a tip.

Authorities said Khan threatened his family members, saying he's exposing their scheme to embezzle $20 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Khan's father, Army Corps contracting manager Kerry F. Khan, and Khan's brother, Lee A. Khan, were among four Northern Virginia men arrested Tuesday as part of a two-year multiagency investigation into the alleged theft of $20 million from the Army Corps.

Prosecutors were hesitant to talk about Ferose Khan's role in helping to unravel the elaborate contracting scheme and would not publicly identify him.

Authorities said the Khans were part of a "staggering" scheme in which the conspirators steered no-bid contractors worth tens of millions of dollars to favored businesses and lined their pockets with up to $20 million in tax money.

While in jail, Ferose Khan began corresponding with his brother and father, a contracting manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Aug. 22, Ferose sent a letter threatening to cooperate with authorities if his family did not pay up.

"Tell Kerry, he has until September 2 to deposit the entire cost of my house and 4 cars into my TD bank account, or I will enter an agreement with the federal government," he wrote.

Over the next four days, Kerry Khan and Lee Khan moved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the family trust account to pay Ferose Khan.

Ronald Machen Jr., U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to elaborate Tuesday what role Ferose Khan played in helping to unravel the contracting scheme.

He said federal authorities were already investigating the contracting scheme when the family member began making his threats to expose the contracting scheme.

"We really want to stick to the four corners of the indictment," Machen said.

Ferose Khan pleaded guilty to the felony drug charges on Aug. 19, and was sentenced to five years. As part of his plea he agreed to cooperate with the government and provide information to any criminal activity requested by authorities.

What I think is laughable is the Nova Datacom corporate profile on Inc:

http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/nova-datacom

Statistics
3-year growth:893%
2010 Revenue:$47.1 million
2007 Revenue:$4.7 million

As a former employee, we were all wondering how in the world they could possibly grow so quickly... 893% 3-year growth? Well I guess now we know...

Why people can't make money the old fashioned way is beyond me...

More reads:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=38720000

I recently did a search and it turns out that min cho of nova datacom was also arrested in 2010 and released june 25 2010. The search was done on the bop site.

What is more interesting is that min cho is only a face of nova datacom because her brother wanted to get 8(a) status for his company. I've read some of her blogs and it is hard to beileve that she is really the author of such blogs..... also she continues to play 'dumb', while she too has been clearly arrested in the past. Everyone in the small korean community knows that it is her brother Alex, that is the real founder and cheif of nova datacom and that he helped the feds nail the other key player to get a lighter sentence. I am wondering if his assests will also be confiscated by the govt? The other 4 will definitely loss most of their assests that they asmmased illegally with tax payer money. Will the same happen to alex cho and his sister?

It took a drug trafficker to put these traitors on the law enforcement radar?

Pathetic. There has been wave after wave of tips turned in on the Alaska Native Corporation fraud scam, and... *crickets*.

Follow the money. It implicates every member of Alaska's congressional delegation and most of the state government

Ranking democrat on House Comittee of Natural Resources just asked For all emails between all Nova Datacom employees and anyone in the DOD... Seems we've just scratched the surface here... More to come:

http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/content/files/2011-10-21_LTR_toDOD.pdf

Elizabeth,

What did it say she was arrested for?

Taxpayer Wrote:
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> Nova Datacom's Min Cho- CEO



......I'd hit that

That's sick man, seriously. If you saw her in person I guarantee you'd think otherwise...

I guess Elizabeth was right...

http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Min&Middle=&LastName=Cho&Race=A&Sex=U&Age=&x=78&y=20

It didn't list a reason for arrest but the time of release correlates with the time her brother started to go undercover for the feds. So I am guessing that its the same reason. Funny thing is that she continues to write blogs and completely acts like she doesn't know why nova datacom is even implicated. I would think that it would seem less slimy to the public if she just gave a half honest statement. Just my opinion.

Looks like the ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources is opening an investigations into the fraud allegations committed by Nova Datacom. They are asking for additional details and all correspondence between the DOD and Alex Cho and others at Nova Datacom as well...

http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/content/files/2011-10-21_LTR_toDOD.pdf

Just curious if anyone knows if there is any truth to the rumors that the Feds have discovered Alex Cho and his sister were also involved in running a string of Asian Massage Parlors throughout Northern Virginia...?

Does anyone know if Alex Cho is in custody? And when his indictment will ne unsealed?

Why is his indictment sealed? Is that normal? Sounds like he could be doing some pretty big time in the slammer from the sound of it...

Do we know why Min Cho was arrested in 2010?

That letter requested ALL sub contractors of the TIGER contract be reviewed ...but Markey also sent a note to DHS

http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/content/files/2011-10-12_LTR_EJM_to_DHS.pdf

to request further investigation of EyakTek from previous FirstSource issues with GTSI and MultimaxArray...

its all disgusting...

Here is a copy of the original email from Min Cho announcing the resignation of Ted Hallas last December. This was just after he was nabbed by the feds and implicated Alex in the USACE scandal. At the time, they just thought Ted had gotten caught for writing fraudulent past performances and had no idea that he had ratted Alex out:

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From: Min Cho [mailto:mcho@novadatacom.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:11 AM
To: Nova Staff
Subject: Ted Hallas

Nova Datacom Team,

It is with deep regret that I announce the resignation of Ted Hallas as our Executive Vice President, effective today, December 30th. In recent months, Ted has been tasked with balancing an increasingly complex familial issue and the demands of our fast paced environment. This decision was not easily reached, but mutually determined as the best course of action for all involved parties.

In the past 3 years, Ted Hallas has worked tirelessly and selflessly to help realize our combined vision of Nova Datacom. His influence, philosophies, drive, and his friendship will not be forgotten as we all continue forward in his footsteps. It is with the warmest personal regard and unending support that the executive staff wishes him the best in his future endeavors, and we hope to have the opportunity for continued success in the future.

Sincerely,

Min Cho
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 703.234.9000
Fax: 703.234.9040
mcho@novadatacom.com
http://www.novadatacom.com

Nova Datacom was debarred and suspended from particating in all Federal contracting activities as of last week. They are now showing up on The Federal Government' Excluded Parties Listing System (EPLS) - check out the link below... https://www.epls.gov/epls/search.do?debar_recid=117420&status=current&vindex=0&xref=true

I just read an article that said nova datacom is suing eyak for $2million in unpaid invoices. Some people just don't know when enough is enough. I also heard that amy cho went and purchased a ring from neiman marcus for 400k. I guess its easy to spend tax payer money especially when you are stealing it! It is all so outrageous. When will tax payers see justice.

@ainguillo, are you still the marketing director for nova datacom? I saw your name on their executive list. Could you share some facts with the public. I did a search for Young Nho Cho aka Alex Cho on the BOP. Site. His inmate number did come up but it also said not in bop custody. Do you know if he had been detained. And do you know why Min Cho was arrested in June 2010? Will nova datacom still stay in business?

Thank you in advance

Elizabeth,

We had a meeting last week and they ended up laying off a good number of people. Management is basically saying that unless they get paid by EyakTek we are going to need to shut our doors. It's very interesting what you say about Alex's wife purchasing a $400k ring since management is saying they don't have enough money at the moment to make payroll and that is why they are so desperate to have a successful outcome in court. Alex hasn't even bothered to show his face in almost four months so we aren't sure what is going on.

All of the employees are pretty much sick to their stomachs about all of this. Management is trying to pretend like they are innocent victims in all of this but everyone knows Alex was a willing participant in the scheme until he was caught. We all feel like we've been pretty much screwed because now we all need to find new jobs as it's doubtful that we'll still be in business in 6 months.

The suspicions are this point are that management is trying to stockpile as much money as possible before they end up going to prison. If Alex's wife is purchasing expensive items this might be an attempt to make it hard for the feds to get access to the money.

It's all so disgusting. I wish I never came to work for these greedy, dishonest, and unethical people...

Does anybody have any background on the attachments? Dug up on Lexis Nexis
Attachments:

I am wondering if the feds will confiscate all of the jewels that amy cho bought with tax payer money. They even moved into a new multi million dollar home in mclean not to ling ago. Is it fair that the tax payers should pay for their lavish lifestyle during one of the worst economic times.

By the way, alex cho has another felony on his record so many he is not showing up to work because he has already been detained. Fyi, his real name is Young nho Cho. He had robbed a family before at gunpoint, the only difference this time is the fact that he didn't wear a ski mask and point a gun.

I'm afraid what Elizabeth is saying is very true about that family. I have a friend who knew Alex Cho and he was indeed jailed before and it was for armed robbery. Guess it was when he was younger. I'm told that he has expensive taste in cars and other material things. It is a shame. May God be with all the innocent employees and their families at Nova Datacom. Hope you guys find good jobs soon and they all get long jail terms.

Concerned neighbor

For what it's worth, the motion hearing in the NovaDatacom vs. EyakTek case is tomorrow at 5PM EST in Eastern District Court:

http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/schedule/w-weeklyellis.html

Absolutely ridiculous that they are going to try to pull a fast one and get a lower court to rule that EyakTek must pay them the money that they claim to be owed, even though there is no doubt that the invoices they submitted were over-inflated and the work was obtained through bribery and kickbacks.

Please get the word out to Judge Ellis, Senator Markey, your local congressional delegations, or anyone else that will listen that we won't stand for this - no monies should be paid to any parties until the Fed's investigation is complete.

If you're on Twitter we're continuously monitoring the situation and occasionally sending out Tweets about the ongoing situation with Nova Datacom.

Twitter: @GovFraudExposed

As much as this whole thing makes me sick -- EyakTek needs to pay so that the engineers that did work on real projects can get paid ... its disgusting that the invoices were inflated -- and that overage should be paid back to the government with penalties by both Nova and Eyak -- but meanwhile Eyak as DIRTY as they are is sitting on millions of dollars the government already paid them and earning interest -- while innocent engineers are getting layed off -- all because of 5 or 6 SCUM BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EYAK -- doesn't do a bit of work -- just adds additional inflation to the already inflated invoice...ITS ALL DISGUSTING....

Re: FBI Raids Neighbors House

Posted by: Ghost Writer ()

Date: November 14, 2011 07:06PM


Does anybody have any background on the attachments? Dug up on Lexis Nexis
Attachments:

Any info on this?? Just another dirty revelation of the dirty family??!! YUCK!!

LPG,

While I hear you regarding Nova Datacom needing the money so they can pay the employees that legitimately performed work, the unfortunate fact of the matter is it appears that the management at Nova Datacom is doing this because they are more concerned with padding their pockets that actually doing the right thing on behalf of thei employees.

They already laid off about 25 folks in the last few weeks and many of these employees were not paid their full salaries or outstanding commissions... These greedy bastards are screwing their employees left and right...

Considering that Nova Datacom made over $17 million last year, I find it really strange that they are all of a sudden facing the potential of needing to close their doors as a result of these two invoices that EyakTek hasn't paid. Perhaps Amy Cho could go sell a few of the outlandish and outrageously expensive jewels she recently purchased so Nova Datacom could make their payroll.

Considering how unethical Nova Datacom principals have been and how they were dishonest with taxpayer money, I don't believe they should be paid until the government makes a ruling on the overall fraud case.

I hear you -- I do pray and hope that the really smart guys on the good side of this who are doing the good work "like you were" can atleast get paid so they can have a holiday...its so heartbreaking and YEP! I am totally sick by the entire thing --
I wish I had NEVER met these people -- they have ruined my life -- but I am praying for all of us innocent employess......

I just got laid off by these losers 2 weeks ago... No advance notice, no severance, and no concern... They just called a bunch of us in, told us they had to lay off "non-essential" workforce and let us go. We're hoping to get our final paychecks in the mail next week as they stated, but we are all definitely keeping our fingers crossed, hoping there will be no unforeseen issues. Can't believe the lack of concern management showed us after many of us dedicated the last several years of our life to helping build this company from the ground up...

I didn't realize that so many families would be affected by the greed of a few people. Nova datacom may take the stance that Alex Cho was just one bad apple and that the company should not be made guilty for his actions. However that is just another sleez bag move by a company that did everything illegally to make fast money for a few individuals and their families. If I was one of the layer off employees, I would seriously consider going to obey of the news agencies or even publicly protesting. It would not surprise me if they had money hidden away in foreign accounts under the wife's name or even her parents name. Alex knew what was going to happen over a year ago. During that time I am sure he made some moves that no one, not even the feds know about. It is interesting how both Eyak and the Corps both made public announcements that the so called 'bad apples' would be immediately fired, while nova datacom made any such announcement. And could they even fire the true owner, founder and head of the company. Also when key players were arrested, it was all over the news. However when Min Cho was arrested over a year ago, no one heard about it and she even had the audacity to continue to act publicly shocked and denied any involvement. I hope the judge presiding over the suit against Eyak, will not be blind to the criminal background of nova datacom. If the judge should rule in favor of nova datacom, I hope that there will be some provision regarding were the 2 million should go towards. Paying back the government and paying the legit employees of nova datacom and not towards paying for the fancy jewels and cars of the Cho family!

Elizabeht
as one of the laid off and lied to employees I too hope that there will be some provision regarding the insurance of paying the employees and government -and not the greedy dirty Cho family. we can only wait and pray and see what this evening brings!

Did you know the family personally? Have you ever met his wife Amy? They are quite notorious among thru Korean community. Funny thing is Amy's brother was busted about 10 years ago for insurance fraud. He had a real big set up too. His own legal firm and he is not even an attorney and his own chiropractor firm and he is not even a chiropractor! Feel a bit sorry for the wife. First her brother that 10 years later, she meets the feds once again. What a coincidence. .....

Does anyone know if the court hearing today is open to the general public?

Elizabeth
I didn't know them personally I have met the kids and amy once or twice however I was lead to believe I was an important part of the NDC family and trusted and cared for all of them only to be discarded like trash with no notice or severance just before the holidays!! Feeling sick and betrayed! Wonder what mins girls will do when she goes to prison?

Quick update - attorneys for both Nova Datacom and EyakTek appeared at the motion hearing yesterday afternoon. In case you weren't aware, Nova Datacom filed a motion for a TRO and injunctive relief in the amount of $2m stating that if they don't get paid immediately, their business will be in jeopardy of shutting down. At the same time, they admit that the $2m in invoices contain overages in connection with the scandal.

EyakTek has filed a motion in opposition to Nova Datacom's claim and does a very good job of showing that the Government's best interest will not be served by paying Nova Datacom since the invoices submitted by NDC contain overages and as such the government shouldn't be paying these as they aren't factual.

Furthermore, EyakTek's claim is that if Nova Datacom is in such dire straights that they need to use the money to make payroll, there is a significant risk that the government will never be able to recoup this money. Therefore EyakTek is proposing to keep the money in an escrow account to ensure that the government can recoup any overages.

An additional hearing will be held today at 4:30PM so we should know more information as this progresses folks... lot's of interesting things going on.

For what it's worth, Nova Datacom is now referring to Alex Cho as the "former" CTO. According to the Financial Disclosure Statement NDC submitted to the courts in relation to this case, Min Cho now owns 100% of the company.

We also got our hands on Ted Hallas' plea bargain and the sentencing guidelines that he agreed to - He'll be doing anywhere between 24-37 months behind bars plus a fine in the range of anywhere from $5,000 - $60,000 for his involvement.

We'll hopefully be setting up a web site sometime soon which will showcase all of this information...

LPG Wrote:
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> Does anybody have any background on the
> attachments? Dug up on Lexis Nexis
> Attachments:
>
> Any info on this?? Just another dirty revelation
> of the dirty family??!! YUCK!!

The case of Nova Datacom v. Verzani had to do with a 2007 purchase of 500 Playstaytion 3 (PS3) devices that Alex Cho purchased from a shady dealer (Elizabeth Verzani and her husband Paul Godinez) in Canada. Verzani claimed to have received thousands of such devices from a company that was going under and was going to give them to Alex for a fraction of the cost. For what it's worth it appears the units were likely stolen to begin with...

As it turns out, after Alex had wired the money to Verzani, Verzani and her husband filed for bankruptcy. Nova Datacom filed suit against them to be awarded damages for their losses, something in excess of $275,000 plus $25,000 for punitive damages. (Seems a lot higher than it would have cost to actually purchase 500 PS3 units, even back in 2007, but this doesn't surprise me... Seems Alex had a way of adding in overages even back then ;-b

So it looked like Alex thought he was going to get a good price on stolen goods but was in fact burned on this one... No honor amongst thieves eh'?

Nova Datacom filed a motion to dismiss the case on 04/05/2011, likely because they are currently involved in the USACE bribery and kickback scandal...

duh