A CBC News story reports that charges have been laid in connection with an alleged bid rigging scheme at Canadian Forces Base Halifax:
Military investigators believe they’ve uncovered a large-scale fraud involving civilian employees at CFB Halifax.
Court documents allege current and former employees colluded to overcharge for expensive parts for heating systems.
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service calls their probe “Operation Aftermath.”
Police allege a retired civilian employee of the Formation Logistics Unit created four Nova Scotia shell companies to bid on contracts.
The documents say those companies then competed among themselves to supply expensive heating parts to CFB Halifax.
A civilian contracting officer was allegedly in on the scheme.
He’s suspected of chopping up large contracts into many smaller jobs to avoid scrutiny from Public Works and Government Services.
Authorities estimate that the value of the fraud scheme was approximately $1 million.
