GSA Claims It Found $1.2B in Suspected COVID-Related Contracting Fraud
- The General Services Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services identified $1.22 billion in suspected fraud across five COVID-era contracts.
- The agencies reported that emergency contracting continued after the COVID emergency ended in 2023, including vaccine contracts.
- The GSA estimated that 93% of the contract funding had not been distributed, while 6.78% had been spent, and stopped an additional $41 million in payments.
- GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst said the agency suspended payments and would refer suspected fraud to law enforcement.
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Trump-Vance Task Force Flags $1.22 Billion In Suspected COVID Contract Fraud — Then Freezes Payments – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Jack
The Trump-Vance anti-fraud effort says five lingering HHS COVID-era contracts carried $1.22 billion in suspected fraud — and payments have now been suspended.
GSA claims it found $1.2B in suspected COVID-related contracting fraud
The Trump administration claims it found more than $1.2 billion in suspected fraud and stopped $41 million more across five COVID-related contracts, according to a Wednesday press release from the General Services Administration. GSA said although the COVID-19 national emergency and related acquisition flexibilities were cancelled in 2023, unnamed federal contractors continued to receive funding. The alleged fraud was uncovered in collaboration …
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