Kansas Man Sentenced for Decade of Fraud on Set-Aside Contracts

Matthew C. McPherson of Kansas has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and forfeiture of over $5.5 million, for defrauding the government to get contracts set aside for service-disabled veterans and certified minorities. McPherson – who is neither a veteran nor a certified minority – admitted to using a business arrangement with an African-American service-disabled veteran to falsely qualify a business that he and conspirators actually owned and controlled, to win almost 200 set-aside contracts, worth approximately $335 million.

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• Department of Justice: Construction Firms Received $346 Million for Contracts Set Aside for Veterans, Minorities