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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Rigging Bids on Department of Defense Fuel Supply Contracts – Criminal Prosecution
S-Oil Corporation pleaded guilty to a criminal violation of the Sherman Act and for participating in a bid-rigging and price-fixing conspiracy involving contracts to supply fuel to U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force bases in South Korea. The government alleged that, beginning around March 2005 and continuing into 2016, S-Oil and other companies secretly pre-determined which company would win each contract and then submitted collusive bids. S-Oil and another company charged in the matter paid a total of approximately $75 million in criminal fines. S-Oil employee Eul-Jin Hyung was also charged.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Multiple Agencies
- Contracting Party
- Defense - General
- Court Type
- Criminal
- Disposition
- Pleaded Guilty
- Date of Plea Announcement
- 3/20/2019