A former Intelligence Community contractor pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit offenses against the United States after admitting that he solicited and accepted illegal kickbacks tied to government procurement.
According to the DOJ, David Duggin, 55, of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, was a former senior systems engineer and on-site contractor at a U.S. government Intelligence Community agency. Prosecutors said Duggin and co-conspirators used his on-site access to sensitive information to help obtain government contracts for millions of dollars of hardware and software purchased by U.S. government customers.
The DOJ said Duggin received at least $510,000 in illegal kickbacks in exchange for influencing the procurement process to favor his co-conspirators. The alleged conspiracy began at least as early as June 2018 and continued through at least April 2024.
The case is being investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI Baltimore Field Office, with prosecutors from the Antitrust Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. The DOJ also highlighted the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which targets bid rigging, price fixing, market allocation, and related fraud affecting government spending.
For Find Corporate Waste, the case is another reminder that taxpayer-funded procurement fraud often depends on insiders, access, and certification-driven trust.
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