The ex-boyfriend of a Division of Homeland Safety official — now on administrative go away for allegedly participating in a “sugar daddy” relationship — is allegedly a enterprise govt who raked in tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}’ value of presidency contracts over the previous two years.
Robert Bianchi owns a federal protection contracting agency in Maryland — and is utilizing the federal government to retaliate in opposition to his ex-girlfriend, DHS deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism Julia Varvaro, after a relationship that “ended badly,” sources declare.
Bianchi’s Maryland agency, SDVO Options, LLC, has obtained over $67 million in federal authorities contracts starting in 2015 — almost a 3rd of which got here simply in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, in line with authorities data reviewed by The Publish.
The corporate does IT and telecom work and had its greatest yr in 2025, with contracts from the Division of Protection, the Division of Well being and Human Providers, and others. The agency advertises itself as being run by a service-disabled veteran CEO.
There is no such thing as a indication that Bianchi was awarded these contracts on account of his alleged relationship with Varvaro.
The Every day Mail first reported {that a} enterprise govt named Robert B. spent “$30,000-$40,000 for holidays, Cartier jewellery, costly purses, and varied procuring journeys” on Varvaro earlier than their three-month relationship not too long ago ended.
That implosion resulted in Bianchi submitting a grievance with the DHS Workplace of Inspector Common to evaluation Varvaro’s conduct — together with her reportedly sustaining a profile on the so-called “sugar daddy” web site In search of and having smoked marijuana whereas serving within the Trump administration.
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Bianchi “added quite a lot of false info” to his grievance, together with the allegations of drug use and that different sugar daddies footed the invoice for Varvaro’s tuition, in line with a supply, who mentioned her dad and mom paid for the schooling.
Bianchi didn’t reply to requests for remark from The Publish.
This particular person conversant in the connection additionally famous that Varvaro was not affected by “monetary stress” on the time of their three-month fling. The supply mentioned Bianchi “always bragged he dated 21-year-olds” and that Varvaro, 29, “was on the older finish of his common vary.”
Varvaro has a grasp’s diploma and a Ph.D. in Homeland Safety, and labored on the Federal Emergency Administration Company earlier than approaching as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism at DHS in Could 2025, in line with her LinkedIn.
“Robert B.” instructed The Every day Mail the pair met on Hinge, a courting app, and the 2 dated for a number of months, and that he took her on costly holidays to Aruba, Italy and different locations.
He complained to the Every day Mail that she usually ordered costly gadgets on the menu once they dined collectively.
A particular person with data of the connection claims that Bianchi voluntarily took Varvaro on journeys and that he’s making an attempt to threaten her job as a result of the connection didn’t work out.
“He was on these journeys too and appeared to get pleasure from them,” the supply asserted.
“Horrible that it units a stigma that if a relationship ends badly, the person can attempt to jeopardize your job and destroy your popularity. For a person to suppose he has the authority to attempt to damage a a lot youthful girl simply because he didn’t like the end result is horrible.”
The Every day Mail reported that “Robert B.” filed a grievance with the Division of Homeland Safety OIG in opposition to Varvaro, alleging the counterterrorism official had a profile on the sugar daddy web site and he “didn’t need a sugar daddy/prostitution relationship.” The grievance triggered an inner investigation and led to Varvaro being positioned on go away.
DHS or DHS OIG didn’t reply to a request for feedback on Bianchi’s ID or authorities contracting.
