On November 5, 2024 the United States Department of Justice the plaintiff brought an against PATRONUS SYSTEMS, INC., 3000 N. Wickham Road, Suite 8 Melbourne, Florida 32935,
PATRONUS SYSTEMS PARTNERS LLC, 3000 N. Wickham Road, Suite 8 Melbourne, Florida 32935,
& MABEL RUTH O’QUINN, 3000 N. Wickham Road, Suite 8 Melbourne, Florida 32935, for violations. CV No. TDC 21-3260. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. Todd Pattison UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
OVERVIEW
1. This is an action brought by the United States to recover damages and civil
penalties under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, and under the Anti-Kickback
Act, 41 U.S.C. § 8706, and to recover all remedies available under common law claims for
payment under mistake of fact and unjust enrichment.
COMPLAINT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA FOR:
1. VIOLATIONS OF THE FALSE
CLAIMS ACT 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A)
2. VIOLATIONS OF THE FALSE
CLAIMS ACT 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(B)
3. VIOLATIONS OF THE FALSE
CLAIMS ACT 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(C)
4. VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTI-
KICKBACK ACT 41 U.S.C. § 8706(a)(1)
5. VIOLATIONS OF THE ANTI-
KICKBACK ACT 41 U.S.C. § 8706(a)(2)
6. PAYMENT BY MISTAKE
7. UNJUST ENRICHMENT
This action arises from a fraudulent scheme involving Defendant Patronus Systems, Inc. (“Patronus”), Defendant Patronus Systems Partners, LLC (“PSP”), their nominal owner, Defendant Mabel Ruth O’Quinn, and five of the highest-ranking now-former executives
of another security company, a provider of protective security officers (“PSO”) at
federal buildings, to use Patronus as a sham small business to acquire Federal set-aside contracts for which substantially all work could be subcontracted to this particular security company, which was itself not eligible for the small business set-aside contracts. The parties also conspired to award set-aside contracts to Patronus in connection with contracts for which this particular security company was the prime contractor.
SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn is the husband of MABEL RUTH O’QUINN who supposedly on paper is the president of PATRONUS SYSTEMS, INC., PATRONUS SYSTEMS PARTNERS, a security company with multiple government contracts to provide security services to the federal government and which does and/or seeks to do business with SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn's Security Guard Union SPiT-FA. Please note that SPiT-FA is a word we use to identify SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn's Security Guard Union.
Our Union United Federation LEOS-PBA had exposed this conflict of interest between SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn and his wife Mabel O'Quinn owner of Patronus Systems on our blog some time ago leading to this investigation. You can read it below.
It should be noted that on November 5, 2024 the United States Department of Justice the plaintiff brought an against PATRONUS SYSTEMS, INC., 3000 N. Wickham Road, Suite 8 Melbourne, Florida 32935, PATRONUS SYSTEMS PARTNERS, LLC, 3000 N. Wickham Road, Suite 8 Melbourne, Florida 32935, & MABEL RUTH O’QUINN, immediately upon the filing of this lawsuit SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn resigned as SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large (see the letter below from SPiT-FA President Dave Hickey to Rick O'Quinn). The BIG question is WHY?
We have been told that former SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn is a target of this investigation by the United States Department of Justice investigation. It should be noted that former SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn was the number 2 man in the SPiT-FA organization as well as the right-hand man of SPiT-FA President David L. Hickey and was the heir apparent to take control of the leadership of SPiT-FA once SPiT-FA President David L. Hickey retired.
The question is what did SPiT-FA President David L. Hickey know about this? Based on depositions taken of SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn, O'Quinn admitted that SPiT-FA President David L. Hickey was fully aware that his wife Mabel O'Quinn was the President of Patronus Systems, Inc which represented and/or was seeking to represent Patronus Systems, Inc security officers around the country.
The strange part of this situation is the fact that SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn, was a member of SPiT-FA for over 20 years serving in multiple positions. One would think that SPiT-FA President Dave Hickey would have acknowledged SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn 20 plus years of service in the organization on its Facebook page and/or SPiT-FA's website just like they did for Kim Berra, Hickey's personal secretary and confident for 30 years. However, this was NOT the case WHY?
Below is SPiT-FA's Facebook post for Berra:
Kim Berra worked as the Secretary to the International President for 30 years, and on December 13, 2024, she officially retired. The office staff hosted a retirement party to celebrate this milestone. Click on this link https://ow.ly/sWHt50UtGaJ to view all the great pictures and a video presentation from International President David Hickey. We wish Kim all the very best!
Mabel O'Quinn (l) shown above with her husband SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn.
Does SPiT-FA President David L. Hickey knows something we don't know about SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn? Could it be that SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn was actually involved in setting up and/or the real owner of Patronus Systems, Inc while he was an officer and executive board member of SPiT-FA?
Obviously, Hickey knew about this conflict of interest as noted in our blog post below as well as SPiT-FA Vice President @ Large Rick O'Quinn's testimony during his deposition.
O'Quinn's wife Mabel O'Quinn owner of Patronus Systems, Inc is named in a lawsuit by the DOJ under actions brought by the United States to recover damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, and under the Anti-Kickback Act, 41 U.S.C. § 8706, and to recover all remedies available under common law claims for payment under mistake of fact and unjust enrichment?
The bottom line is you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig!
This is a developing story.
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