Contract Fraud
July 1, 2014
A federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last week that the U.S. Justice Department may proceed with its False Claims Act lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, alleging that the cyclist defrauded the government when he accepted sponsorship money from the U.S. Postal Service while taking performance-enhancing drugs, The Wall...
July 6, 2015
LB&B Associates Inc. and its principals, Lily A. Brandon and F. Edward Brandon, have agreed to pay $7.8 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, the U.S....
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
June 30, 2015
VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation have agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. VMware is a Delaware corporation that specializes in computer virtualization software and has its principal place of...
May 20, 2015
United Parcel Service (UPS) has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air packages, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.
UPS provides delivery services to hundreds of federal agencies through contracts with the U.S...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, United Parcel Service, UPS, Whistleblower awards
January 30, 2015
Composite Engineering Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced on Monday.
The contract at issue was a firm fixed-price...
January 21, 2015
Office Depot has agreed to pay $68.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to California government entities for office supplies, Corporate Crime Reporter reported last week.
The California entities were participants in the U.S. Communities purchasing program and thus guaranteed to receive Office Depot...
January 13, 2015
Ansun Biopharma, Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to the United States to settle charge and allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced last week.
Ansun Biopharma, Inc., formerly known as NexBio, Inc., is...
December 19, 2014
Iron Mountain has agreed to pay $44.5 million to settle allegations that the company overcharged federal agencies for record storage services under General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
This settlement relates to contracts under which Iron Mountain provided record storage services to government entities through GSA...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Whistleblower awards
December 10, 2014
Supreme Group has agreed to pay $101 million to settle allegations that the company and/or its subsidiaries knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government for food and water supplied to the armed forces, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
According to court documents, Supreme Foodservice AG, together with Supreme...
December 1, 2014
The federal government has intervened in a lawsuit against Air Ideal Inc. and its owner, Kim Amkraut, for allegedly making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) in order to obtain a certification that was then used to obtain government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Under the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)...
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