Tag: US Navy
Gennady Yumshtyk, SBIR Fraud, New York 2019
⏱ 2 min read A Canadian-owned company, Advanced Global Services, and its president, Gennady Yumshtyk, have been caught in a fraud scheme involving the US Air Force and Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program in New York. In 2019, the company obtained an SBIR award to develop gun barrel coating technology, but instead of…
Douglas Engstrom, Attempted Interstate Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Douglas Engstrom, a 36-year-old former US Navy officer, pleaded guilty to attempted interstate coercion and enticement of a minor in Central Islip, NY. Engstrom communicated online with an individual he believed to be a 13-year-old girl and attempted to meet her to engage in sexual activity. The guilty plea was entered…
Jasen Butler, Bid Rigging, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read A South Florida fuel executive is going down for good after making off with $4.5 million in a brazen contract bid scam targeting the US Navy. Jasen Butler, 38, owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, was sentenced to 5 years in prison and ordered to forfeit his ill-gotten gains after…
