Pair charged in an $18.3M 'Rent-a-Vet' contractor scheme

Federal Times: A veteran and Department of Defense employee has been charged with fronting a shell company to obtain $18.3 million in veteran-owned business contracts from the federal government.

Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri charged Paul R. Salavitch, 56, of Kansas City, Mo., in an eight-count indictment on Jan. 13, alongside alleged co-conspirator Jeffrey K. Wilson, 51, of the Village of Loch Lloyd in Belton, Mo.

Salavitch is accused using his veteran status to obtain federal contracts as president of a construction company called Patriot Company, Inc., which was owned by Wilson.

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