Yesterday the FBI raided the offices of the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OTEC). The acting chief security officer has been accused of conspiring with a contractor to defraud the city. The reason this case is getting so much publicity as the AP reports is that the gentleman, Yusuf Acar, arrested used to work for President Obama’s choice for Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). Vivek Kundra is now on leave as the case is worked out. Acar is accused of falsifying various documents related to contract work done by Advanced Integrated Technologies Corp owned by Sushil Bansal. Bansil is a former employee of the city. WTOP reports that the two men worked a variety of schemes that are not uncommon to this type of fraud. They would over bill the city for equipment purchases or use ghost employees to falsely charge labor. There are reportedly other contractors involved but they haven’t been identified yet. Kundra has not been charged with anything but he does have links to Bansal. Another issue for an Obama appointee after a string of other embarrassing ones since the election.
Matthew Potter works supporting US Army aviation programs. He holds degrees in history as well as studying at the Defense Acquisition University. He has written for Seeking Alpha and at his own website, Defense Procurement News.
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ZDNet -
254 days 12 hours 27 minutes ago
Reuters reports that the FBI raided the former office of Vivek Kundra, just appointed to be the nation's CIO, and arrested two people in a corruption probe on Thursday, but Kundra is not a target of the investigation. Yusuf Acar, apparently the chief security officer for the CTO's office, and Sushil Bansal were arrested on bribery charges....
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Government Executive -
256 days 5 hours 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aide to President Barack Obama is on leave from his White House job after the FBI raided his old District of Columbia government office Thursday, arresting a city employee and a technology consultant on corruption charges, a White House official said.The charges were lodged against the two men at a federal court hearing as...
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251 days 7 hours 16 minutes ago
The New York Times added White House confirmation to earlier reports by TechPresident.com and The Personal Democracy Forum that Vivek Kundra was back at work today as Federal CIO.The reinstatement comes a few days after F.B.I. agents had raided his former office at the District of Columbia's technology department. Mr. Kundra was not a target of...
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ZDNet -
255 days 12 hours 23 minutes ago
The U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, appointed by President Obama last week, has been placed on leave, following an FBI raid yesterday at the District of Columbia's IT offices. (Techmeme) Kundra, who was previously the District's Chief Technology Officer and worked in the offices, has not been linked to the raid, which stemmed from a...
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254 days 17 hours 9 minutes ago
The District of Columbia's acting chief security officer and an associate were arraigned.
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