Posted on 12/16/2020 7:28:16 AM PST by KeyLargo
FBI Consulting Contract Revives Tony Soprano’s Grift
As of December 2019, Tuva LLC collected $48 million in fees from the FBI. What value did taxpayers receive, other than supplementing the retirement of former federal employees?
By Adam Mill December 13, 2020
When Tony Soprano grifted money from waste disposal companies, he didn’t just embezzle it. He used his influence from within the company to obtain “consulting” contracts. With a little paperwork, the fictitious mobster could collect fees without actually delivering anything tangible in return.
Although the government has set up various rules to prevent a Tony Soprano-style grift in which connected former employees plunder taxpayers through “consulting” contracts with their former employers, these rules apparently don’t apply to the FBI. If you find yourself wondering why the FBI lacks curiosity over the Biden and Clinton side hustles, it may be because the FBI has its own vehicle to enrich its elite alumni, a company called Tuva, LLC.
In late November, the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General issued a report summarizing outstanding recommendations that the Justice Department has yet to follow. Among these included recommendations following a September 2020 audit of a $60 million sweetheart contract to Tuva, a company that originally lost the competitive bidding process but obtained the contract anyway after filing a protest with the FBI. As of December 2019, Tuva collected $48 million in fees from the FBI out of the original $60 million maximum contract value.
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The Federal Bureau of Incrimination And Sedition (FBIAS) should be shut down.
Welcome to the swamp. If people knew how often most government agencies paid retired government executives in a think-tank, as “consultants”, or as contractors they would be very angry.
This is how/why the burbs around DC are among the very wealthiest in the country when the vast majority are current or retired government employees. With the right connections you can retire and increase your salary.
It is the racket of rackets.
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