Military contractor sentenced to federal prison time for providing faulty parts

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The owner of a company that fraudulently provided nonconforming critical application parts to the United States military was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 24 months in prison.

Andrew C. Nolan, 46, of Riviera Beach, Florida, and formerly of Westerville, defrauded the government of more than $800,000 by providing nonconforming parts through nearly 150 Department of War (DoW) contracts.

"Nolan knowingly provided cheaper, nonconforming parts to the U.S. military for use as critical application items on aircraft and other weapons systems," said U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II. "His actions dangerously disregarded the safety of our troops in pursuit of higher profits and he now will rightfully spend time in federal prison."

"Outcomes of this nature protect the DoD from financial loss and operational risk, directly strengthening national defense capabilities," said Special Agent in Charge Jason J. Sargenski of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General's Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Southeast Field Office. "This result demonstrates the value of vigilant oversight and reinforces DCIS's steadfast commitment to aggressively countering fraud, corruption, and misconduct that threaten military readiness."

According to court documents, Nolan was the sole owner and operator of Nolan Manufacturing, LLC, a DoW contractor that supplied a variety of military parts from at least 2012 through 2020.

To execute his fraud scheme, Nolan intentionally supplied military parts that did not conform to his contracts with DoW. Instead of complying with the contracts, Nolan instead purchased the parts from unapproved manufacturers and then fraudulently shipped them to a third party to laser-etch the approved part numbers onto them before turning them over to the DoW.

In total, Nolan caused a loss of $829,512 through 148 contracts.

Nolan was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2022 and pleaded guilty in October 2025 to wire fraud and money laundering.

Nolans's sentence was imposed today by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson. Assistant United States Attorneys David J. Twombly and Tyler Aagard are representing the United States in this case.

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