News release

Sean O’Sullivan and David Rose Misrepresented Company as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

SYRACUSE, NY – Sean O’Sullivan, 59, of Sackets Harbor, New York, and David Rose, 58, of Newport News, Virginia, have pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their roles in a fraudulent scheme to obtain government construction contracts that were set aside for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans. O’Sullivan, Rose, and their businesses also agreed to pay a total of $758,526.68 to the United States to resolve their civil liability for the submission of false claims for payment to the federal government.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Patrick J. Hegarty, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General Defense Criminal Investigative Service; Larry S. Moreland, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, Mid-Atlantic Fraud Field Office; Joseph Dattoria, Special Agent in Charge of the General Services Administration, Office of the Inspector General (GSA-OIG); Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Inspector General, Eastern Region (SBA-OIG); and Joseph Harris, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, Northeastern Region (DOT-OIG).

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