by James O’Keefe Media Group
Undercover footage shows ATI Senior Director Anish Abraham detailing Federal Government Contracting Fraud & how their 8a “Native-Owned” acts as a shield against accountability.
“So the new contract is basically close to $100M”
“65% for us…and 35% (for subcontractor).”
“I don’t think they will dare to touch the Native Americans.”
“Yeah. Passthrough.”
In our previous investigation, O’Keefe Media Group exposed how ATI Government Solutions – a technology contractor claiming Native American 8(a) small business status – is operated almost entirely by non-Native executives in Washington, D.C. The leadership includes CEO Firmadge Crutchfield, CFO Marina Mulyayeva (his wife and former Olympic swimmer), and CDO Scott Deuschman. The Susanville Indian Rancheria appears only as a 51% paper owner.
This ownership claim unlocks hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded federal contracts intended for minority-owned small businesses. But behind the facade, ATI outsources as much as 80% of the labor to subcontractors – well beyond the legal 50% threshold – while retaining the bulk of the profits.
Part 2 of our undercover investigation reveals ATI Government Solutions Senior Director Anish Abraham detailing the scheme. This latest revelation exposes how ATI, a supposed Native American-owned contractor, acts as a front to siphon taxpayer millions meant for “socially & economically disadvantaged” businesses, violating federal law and fueling a multi-billion-dollar scam. Abraham reveals how ATI outsources a majority of the work to the global services company Accenture.
A $100 Million Contract – But Who’s Doing the Work?…
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Part One – $100 Billion Federal Contracting Scam. 8(a) Firm Admits to Violating Federal Law, Using Minority-Owned Status as a Front to Obtain $100M+ No-Bid Government Contracts While Outsourcing 80% of the Work.
ATI Government Solutions Contract Manager, Melayne Cromwell Admits to Exploiting 8(a) SBA Program Through Pass-Through Scheme & Breaking Federal Law.
“I tell you pass throughs are a great thing!”
“We only do 20%… The rest goes to subs.:’
“And remember, there’s no competition…”
An O’Keefe Media Group undercover investigation has exposed how federal contractor ATI Government Solutions exploits minority-preference programs to secure more than $100 million in no-bid government contracts while subcontracting out the vast majority of the work.
We went undercover and arranged meetings with multiple ATI employees, to dig deeper into the truth behind their Native American ownership, their small business status, and their excessive use of subcontractors, and what we found was more damning than we were ever expecting.
We posed as representatives from a cybersecurity firm “Sev-Zero Solutions” seeking to navigate the world of minority-owned government contracting – just like ATI. But our approach wasn’t through the front door of a federal bid meeting. Instead, we went through the kitchen.
We reached out to Melayne Cromwell under the guise of hiring her side business – Ragin’ Cajun Catering – to provide food for a corporate event we weren’t actually planning. We found her catering hustle listed on her LinkedIn profile.
The idea was to start the meeting with a casual conversation about catering. Halfway through,…
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