On April 6, 2026, Jack Kidd / Arapaho Communications, LP entered into an agreement with the Department to pay $3,500,000 to resolve allegations that Kidd / Arapaho Communications, LP knowingly submitted inflated invoices to BOP misrepresenting the volume of natural gas delivered to United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan), in Waymart, Pennsylvania. According to the joint motion for entry of judgement by consent, Kidd admitted that from in or about October 2016 through in or about November 2017, Kidd overbilled the BOP $4,213,061 for the sale of natural gas to USP Canaan. Kidd previously pleaded guilty and paid restitution in the amount of $11,397,374 related to the fraudulent scheme involving USP Canaan and FCI Aliceville in Alabama. The investigation was conducted by the OIG’s Fraud Detection Office with assistance from the OIG’s El Paso Office and Cyber Investigations Office.
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