August 20, 2019

Luke Hillier, the majority owner and former CEO of defense contractor ADS, Inc., will pay $20 million to resolve claims that he caused the submission of false claims to the government by fraudulently representing that the company qualified as a small business concern eligible for federal contracts reserved for such businesses.  In 2017, ADS and another company officer paid $16 million to resolve claims from the same conduct, bringing the government’s total recovery to over $36 million.  The case was initiated by a whistleblower complaint filed by Ameliorate Partners, LLP, which will receive $3.6 million of the Hillier settlement. DOJ

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