Three more cases of fraudulent overbilling, Ottawa says
OTTAWA — The federal government has referred three more cases of fraudulent overbilling in its procurement system to the RCMP.
In July, a former federal consultant was charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $250,000.
Previously in March, Ottawa asked the RCMP to investigate at least $5 million in suspected fraud by IT sub-contractors who were billing multiple departments for the same work.
Public Services and Procurement Canada says it has now referred a total of seven cases to the RCMP.
The department says it has asked the companies involved to repay the money and is “actively” working on recovering the funds.
It did not specify how much money was involved in the new cases and says it can’t provide any further details due to the ongoing investigations and court cases.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 15, 2024.
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