Dyman & Associates Risk Management Projects: US brings fraud charges against background check company

The Justice Department filed a civil complaint Wednesday against the company that handled the background checks of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis for allegedly submitting thousands of unfinished investigations as complete, and then attempting to conceal their actions after government officials caught wind of what they were doing. At least 665,000 investigations – or 40 percent of cases submitted to the government over a four-year period – were affected by U.S. Investigations Services’ (USIS) actions, the Justice Department said. The alleged fraud continued through at least September 2012.