Congress recently funded the federal government for the next six months. For government contractors, ending the political impasse means that more public services will be fulfilled. For taxpayers, it means that important work is getting done on their behalf. And for fraudsters, this means major opportunities to make money at taxpayer expense.
One such fraudster was sentenced earlier this year for lying about body armor he provided to guards at U.S. embassies, with National Guard units, and with the Air Force. Tanner Jackson pled guilty after his three-and-a-half-year scheme was exposed and prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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