Federal agents on Tuesday searched the Washington-area offices of Carahsoft Technology Corp., a major distributor of information technology products to government agencies, according to people familiar with the matter.

An FBI raid on Virginia-based Carahsoft as partner software firm SAP comes under investigation for potential price fixing.

Yesterday's FBI raid of Carahsoft was linked to allegations that the Pentagon contractor had for years worked with ostensible competitors to illegally fix prices for their services, according to documents filed in federal court.

It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the search.

Government technology reseller Carahsoft’s headquarters in Reston, Va., was searched by the FBI on Tuesday. And, the VA faces continued scrutiny regarding its Oracle Cerner EHR.

The FBI raided the Reston, Virginia headquarters of IT, software and cybersecurity services provider Carahsoft Technology Corp. on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter. The raid was conducted sometime Tuesday morning, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified due to the matter’s sensitivity.

The FBI today raided the Reston office of Carahsoft, an IT services and software contractor with about 2,000 employees.

Another source says Carahsoft employees were sent home and told not to take anything out of the building. Join us on Oct. 1 and 2 for Federal News Network's Cyber Leader Exchange where we'll dive into how agencies are strengthening federal cyber capabilities.

Still business as usual, we're told Virginia-based public sector IT services giant Carahsoft was raided Tuesday by US government agents.… "We can confirm that the FBI conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity on Sunset Hills Road this morning,

Company president says the agents were there "as part of an investigation into a company with which Carahsoft has done business in the past."