US EditionTreasury Cancels Booz Allen Contracts
The Treasury ended 31 contracts worth $21 million with Booz Allen after a contractor leaked tax data of 406,000 taxpayers, including President Trump, to news outlets.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cancelled all Treasury Department contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, whose employee Charles Edward Littlejohn leaked confidential tax records.
- Booz Allen failed to implement safeguards to protect sensitive data including taxpayer information it had access to through IRS contracts.
- Littlejohn pleaded guilty to disclosing tax return information and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking records to media outlets.
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