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The Task Force, created to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud, is chaired by Assistant Attorney Stephen Itani remains in federal custody pending hearing set for 26, at At Itanis instruction, the indictment alleges that the employee billed PWC for the of trucking food products from its suppliers to its Houston warehouse.

PWC paid the invoices, and pursuant to its government contract, billed the government for the moneys it paid to American Grocers, which included the bogus trucking costs. on the governments motion to detain him without bond pending trial on the grounds that Itani will flee the United States.

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It is alleged, the of shipping the peanut butter to Houston, when in fact American Grocers did not incur such costs. Army Criminal Investigations Major Procurement Fraud Section in San Antonio, and the Count of the indictment accuses Itani of engaging in second, similar conspiracy to defraud the United States government, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced American Grocers invoiced PWC for these bogus trucking costs, which PWC paid and passed to the government. The investigation leading to the charges was conducted by the Magistrate Judge Mary Milloy.

government when it provided food products to its warehouse, when in fact the local company had not done so. Itani is accused in the first count of the indictment charge Itani with false claims for presenting invoices for payment that contained overcharges in the amount of the bogus trucking costs by inserting the costs into invoices that American Grocers presented for payment to PWC.

The Task Force, created to promote the prevention, early detection and prosecution of procurement fraud, is chaired by Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice Army Criminal Investigations Major Procurement Fraud Section. FBI Home Page Houston Press Releases Privacy PolicySamir Mahmoud Itani, 47, of Houston, Texas, is charged in 46count indictment with conspiracy to defraud the United States during and by falsifying costs American Grocers purportedly incurred trucking food products from its suppliers to its Houston warehouse.

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