An internal review by the federal government, specifically Ottawa's Canada's federal procurement department, has revealed nearly $5-million in fraudulent billing by private contractors on federal contracts between 2018 and 2022. The investigation, which focused on the activities of IT sub-contractors, led to the discovery of three cases of suspected invoicing fraud. These cases have now been referred to the RCMP for further investigation. The findings were reported by multiple news outlets, highlighting the government's efforts to address and rectify the fraudulent activities uncovered.
The federal government has referred three cases of suspected subcontractor fraud to the RCMP following an internal review that found nearly $5 million in illegitimate payments on federal contracts from 2018 to 2022. https://t.co/1vLtqLZBIM
Evening Update: Private contractors have been fraudulently billing government, Ottawa says https://t.co/GhTFjdMX4A
Canada’s federal procurement department says it has referred three cases of suspected invoicing fraud by IT sub-contractors to police. READ MORE: https://t.co/FAZQmsmcG1 https://t.co/FAZQmsmcG1
BREAKING: Federal government refers three cases of suspected contractor fraud to RCMP https://t.co/shdyrUUzfF
Internal review of federal contracting uncovers $5-million in fraudulent billing by private contractors, Ottawa says, @curryb and @kkirkup report. https://t.co/YuEOznkXML #cdnpoli Find out more at https://t.co/xofn4ZIXij https://t.co/AR3gxPQKlY