Contract Fraud
October 31, 2014
North Florida Shipyards has agreed to pay the federal government $1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
To qualify as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) on Coast Guard ship repair contracts, a company must be...
October 20, 2014
The federal government has elected to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services and Derco Aerospace Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.
The government’s...
October 13, 2014
The Boeing Company has agreed to pay $23 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Air Force in connection with maintenance contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. Boeing is a giant in the aerospace and defense industries.
The government alleged that Boeing improperly charged...
October 8, 2014
DRS Technical Services Inc. has agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government in connection with work performed by DRS personnel who lacked the job qualifications required by contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
DRS designs, integrates, operates and maintains...
September 19, 2014
M.K. Battery and its parent company, East Penn Manufacturing, have agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the Department of Defense, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported earlier this week.
M.K. Battery produced backup batteries that operate Humvee turrets in the event that the engine...
Contract Fraud, False Claims Act, Fraud Against Government, Qui Tam, qui tam lawsuit, whistleblower attorney, Whistleblower awards
August 25, 2014
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with the use of federal funds to impermissibly award a contract, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced last week.
The conduct at issue involves a...
August 21, 2014
Samsung Electronics America Inc. has agreed to pay $2.3 million to resolve allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims for products sold on contracts, in violation of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts are awarded by General...
August 12, 2014
California-based pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company improperly set temperature monitors used in shipping vaccines under its contract with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week.
The government alleged that McKesson failed to comply...
August 4, 2014
Hawaii-based Matson Navigation Company has agreed to pay $9.95 million to settle allegations that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with bills for ocean fuel surcharges to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the National Law Review reported last week.
Matson and Horizon Lines, a subcontractor for Matson, allegedly billed...
July 25, 2014
The United States government has elected to intervene in a lawsuit against Symantec Corporation, alleging that Symantec knowing submitted or caused the submission of false claims on a General Services Administration software contract, the U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
Symantec entered into a Multiple Award Schedule contract with GSA that allowed...
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