HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The United States has filed a lawsuit against government contractor Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions LLC and its owner, Tawanda M. Smith, both of Columbia, alleging that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fake invoices to the Department of Homeland Security in connection with a contract for staff augmentation services awarded by DHS to iFOS.
According to the United States' complaint, iFOS and Smith coordinated with then DHS official Kenneth J. Buck, to award a contract to iFOS. iFOS and Smith planned for Buck to enter into a subcontract with iFOS after he left DHS at which time Buck would serve as the strategic advisor for the DHS contract, a role that would require him to communicate directly with his successor at DHS on behalf of iFOS.
iFOS and Smith were aware of federal conflict-of-interest rules that limited Buck's ability to communicate directly with DHS officials on behalf of iFOS during a mandatory "cooling off" period that applies to former government officials such as Buck, according to court documents, and they allegedly misled DHS contracting personnel by falsely representing that a different iFOS employee would serve as the strategic advisor and concealed their intentions of involving Buck.
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