A press release from the Antitrust Division states that "a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor from Baltimore pleaded guilty … to conspiring to steal competitive information concerning contracts to supply fuel to DOD aircraft at locations worldwide."  The prosecution of this case came from the "creation of the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, " an "initiative announced in October 2006 [that] is designed to promote the early detection, identification, prevention and prosecution of procurement fraud associated with the increase in contracting activity for national security and other government programs."

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