Author: Charles E. "Chuck" James, Jr.; Williams Mullen (North Carolina & Virginia, USA)
With multiple state and federal investigations ongoing, all eyes are on Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice continues to devote considerable resources to other allegations of bribery, corruption and fraud in local, state and federal government. Whether you are a vendor, a government contractor, a government employee or an elected official, the news is full of cautionary tales.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) maintains its website with press releases on various cases, including everything from human trafficking convictions to espionage indictments to lengthy sentences for drug traffickers. Although they don’t get the attention of some other cases, even a cursory review of the website demonstrates that the prosecutors in EDVA and from the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section have been aggressively targeting state and federal contracting fraud and bribery in several forms.
