Intelligent Fiscal Optimal Solutions LLC and its sole owner owe the US government $1.3 million in damages and penalties in a False Claims Act suit alleging improper steering of a government contract, a Maryland federal district court said.
Default is an appropriate sanction for Tawanda Smith’s failure to appear for scheduled depositions, and her failure to meaningfully participate in discovery, US Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson said Tuesday in an order granting the government’s motions for default judgment. The government’s suit, initiated in 2022, is now closed.
“There has been a lot of misinformation flying around lately, so let me clarify: the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has absolutely no connection to cloud seeding or any form of weather...