US EditionTreasury Cancels Booz Allen Contracts
The Treasury ended 31 contracts worth $21 million with Booz Allen after a contractor leaked tax data of 406,000 taxpayers, including President Trump, to news outlets.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cancelled all Treasury Department contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, whose employee Charles Edward Littlejohn leaked confidential tax records.
- Booz Allen failed to implement safeguards to protect sensitive data including taxpayer information it had access to through IRS contracts.
- Littlejohn pleaded guilty to disclosing tax return information and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking records to media outlets.
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Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming Trump tax return leak
The Treasury Department cut ties with Booz Allen Hamilton on Monday and announced that it was canceling $21 million in federal contracts with the consulting giant because one of its ex-employees previously leaked President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the press.
Treasury axes contracts with Booz Allen over Donald Trump tax leaks
The Treasury Department has axed a string of contracts with consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton over a former employee's leaks of the tax returns of President Donald Trump -- along with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk -- to news outlets.
Treasury scraps Booz Allen contracts, citing ex-employee who leaked tax returns
The Treasury Department said Monday that it would cancel all of its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, linking the decision to a former employee now serving prison time for leaking tax returns. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a three-paragraph press release that the agency’s 31 contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton — worth $21 million in total obligations and $4.8 million in annual spending — would be scrapped as part of President Donald …
Treasury Dept Cuts Contractor Responsible for Trump Tax Leaks.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has canceled all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton following leaks of tax information, including tax returns belonging to President Donald J. Trump, by a former contractor.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, the Department of the Treasury, Secretary Scott Bessent, Booz Allen Hamilton, and President Trump.WHEN & WHERE: The lea…
Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts
The Treasury Department on Monday said it would cancel 31 contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, citing its failure to " implement adequate safeguards" after a past employee leaked tax data, including President Trump's returns, to media outlets. The decision to cut ties with the company was due in part to the misconduct of Charles Edward...
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