Fraud on Government

April 25, 2017
Energy & Process Corporation (E&P) of Tucker, Georgia, has agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve the government’s lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act alleging that it knowingly failed to perform required quality assurance procedures and supplied defective steel reinforcing bars (rebar) in connection with a contract to construct a Department of...
April 5, 2017
CA Inc. (CA) has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims in the negotiation and administration of a General Services Administration (GSA) contract, the Department of Justice announced earlier this month.  CA is an information technology management software and services company headquartered...
December 20, 2016
Bechtel National Inc., Bechtel Corp., URS Corp. (predecessor in interest to AECOM Global II LLC) and URS Energy and Construction Inc. (now known as AECOM Energy and Construction Inc.) have agreed to pay $125 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they made false statements and claims to the Department of Energy (DOE) by charging DOE for deficient...
August 3, 2016
Jacintoport International LLC (Jacintoport) and Seaboard Marine Ltd. (Seaboard Marine) have agreed to pay $1.075 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims in connection with a warehousing and logistics contract for the storage and redelivery of humanitarian food aid, the U.S. Department of Justice...
July 7, 2016
En Pointe Gov. Inc., En Pointe Technologies Inc., En Pointe Technologies Sales Inc., Dominguez East Holdings LLC and Din Global Corp., all of Gardena, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that En Pointe Gov. Inc. was a small business in order to obtain contracts set aside for small businesses and...
June 2, 2016
The federal government has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc. and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, alleging that Prime knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by improperly admitting patients, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The lawsuit alleges that Dr. Reddy directed the corporate practice of...
May 25, 2016
The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Guild Mortgage Company, alleging that the company knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the U.S. Department of Justice...
May 20, 2016
M&T Bank Corp. has agreed to pay the United States $64 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the federal government by originating and underwriting mortgage loans that did not meet applicable requirements, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. During the time period covered by the settlement, M...
May 3, 2016
California-based Z Gallerie has agreed to pay the federal government $15 million to settle allegations that the upscale furniture retailer knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims when it evaded customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. The...
March 29, 2016
Kilgore Flares Company and subcontractor ESM Group Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $8 million to resolve allegations that the companies knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false claims by selling defective infrared countermeasure flares to the U.S. Army and evading customs duties, the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.  Tennessee-...