Raymond White, Federal Contract Fraud, New York 2020

Raymond White, a/k/a 'John Raymond Anthony White,' a/k/a 'Raymond Alexander White,' has pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he defrauded the government by submitting fraudulent documents and false information about himself, his company's business, and his company's finances in order to obtain a $4.8 million contract to build a munitions load crew training facility at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and to obtain a bond guarantee from the United States Small Business Administration in connection with the contract.

According to the Complaint, Superseding Indictment, public court filings, and statements made in court, from in or about May 2019 through in or about September 2020, White submitted a bid and related documents to the District of Columbia Army National Guard on a contract to build a munitions load crew training facility at Andrews Air Force Base.

White provided the National Guard with fraudulent documents about himself and his company, Kochendorfer Group USA Inc., including a doctored bank account statement, fake reports from an accounting firm that White had invented, and falsified financials. These documents purported to show that Kochendorfer had significant cash assets. In fact, Kochendorfer had virtually no money.

White also submitted a false resume and firm dossier, which described fictitious construction jobs and provided fake references. White claimed, among other things, that he had overseen the construction of a World Cup soccer stadium in Brazil from 2012 to 2014 when in fact, White was in federal prison during that time frame, serving a prison term on a prior fraud conviction.

White lied to the SBA by denying that he had any prior criminal convictions. In furtherance of this fraud on the National Guard and the SBA, White forged the signature of an attorney on a Kochendorfer letter and used another individual's Social Security number on his SBA guarantee application.

Based on White's misrepresentations, the National Guard awarded the Contract to Kochendorfer and the SBA issued a guarantee. The National Guard terminated the Contract after discovering White's fraud, and no construction work was ever performed on the site.

In 2011, White was convicted following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under the name 'John Raymond Anthony White' for engaging in major fraud, mail fraud, false statements, and witness tampering.

The defendant, Raymond White, is currently awaiting sentencing. He faces significant penalties for his crimes, which include federal contract fraud, identity theft, and making false statements. The exact sentencing date has not been announced.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/recidivist-fraudster-pleads-guilty-fraud-identity-theft-and-making-false-statements