A former Westerville resident who defrauded the United States military out of nearly $830,000 by selling faulty and nonconforming critical equipment through his company was sentenced to two years in federal prison on April 16 in U.S. District Court in Columbus.
Andrew Nolan, 46, who lives in Riviera Beach, Florida, but formerly resided in Westerville, provided nonconforming critical parts to the Department of War [formally known as the Department of Defense] through his company, Nolan Manufacturing. The company supplied a variety of military parts to the U.S. military from 2012 through 2020, according to a media release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus.
Prosecutors said Nolan intentionally supplied military parts to the military that did not match his contracts. Instead, Nolan bought the parts from unapproved manufacturers, then shipped them to a third party, where the parts were laser-etched with the proper part numbers that matched his contracts before shipping them to the military.
Nolan caused a loss of $829,512 through 148 contracts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Nolan was indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2022 and pleaded guilty in 2025 to wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Reporting by Shahid Meighan, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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