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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- VMware & Carahsoft Technology

Posted  07/2/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation.  On Tuesday, the two companies agreed to pay $75.5 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting their commercial pricing practices and overcharging the government on VMware software products and related services.  Palo Alto-based...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Pricing Fraud,

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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- United Parcel Service

Posted  05/22/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to United Parcel Service.  On Tuesday, the Atlanta-based world-wide package delivery service agreed to pay $25 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the federal government in connection with its delivery of Next Day Air overnight packages.  See DOJ Press...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Government Procurement Fraud,

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DOJ Catch Of The Week — Medtronic

Posted  04/3/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to medical device maker Medtronic plc and affiliated Medtronic companies, Medtronic Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc.  Yesterday, the companies agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by making false statements to the Department of Veterans...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Medical Devices and DME, Other Government Health Programs, Trade Agreements, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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Department of Defense Moves To Bar Anti-Whistleblower Confidentiality Provisions

Posted  02/12/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Not all companies have embraced the rise of whistleblowers as a vehicle to root out fraud within their ranks.  In fact, many companies have gone in the exact opposite direction, doing everything they can to discourage whistleblowers from stepping forward.  One popular mechanism a growing number of companies are using to silence would-be whistleblowers are so-called...

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, Employment Issues, FCA Federal, Legislation and Regulation News, SEC Whistleblower Reward Program,

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Fourth Circuit Embraces Expansive View of False Claims Act Fraud and Materiality In Triple Canopy Ruling

Posted  01/15/15
By Gordon Schnell Another circuit court decision giving a properly expansive view of what it takes to make out a fraud claim under the False Claims Act.  This one from the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Triple Canopy, Inc..  Before the Court were two key questions.  One, whether a defense contractor's claim for payment still could be false when there was nothing false on the face of the invoice.  And two,...

Tagged in: Certifications, Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Materiality, FCA Pleading,

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Fifth Circuit Finds Government Knowledge Defense Not Appropriate On Motion To Dismiss

Posted  01/8/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Under the so-called "government knowledge" defense, the government's awareness of a fraud can defeat False Claims Act liability on the ground the defendant did not "knowingly" defraud the government since the government acted with full information.  It is not a statutory defense but merely a way for a defendant to rebut the intent (or scienter) element of a False Claims Act...

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Court Decision, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal, Government Knowledge,

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In Their Own Words - Farrow

Posted  12/19/14

-- “THE REASON I REPORTED IT WAS BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND CAREER BUT I…DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.”

Whistleblower Amy Farrow who reported defense contractor NP Precision Inc. was misusing progress payments on government contracts by failing to pay subcontractors and requesting progress payments under the contracts for costs that NP Precision had not actually...

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, In Their Own Words,

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Whistleblower Goes it Alone and Wins Big in Guardrail Case

Posted  10/23/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A federal jury in Texas this past Monday came down hard against highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries in a whistleblower action brought by one of Trinity's competitors, a guardrail installer named Joshua Harman.  He claimed Trinity cut corners on its guardrails, did not come clean with the government, and ultimately put millions of motorists at serious risk.  The jury...

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Government Procurement Fraud,

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DOJ Catch of the Week -- Sikorsky Aircraft

Posted  10/17/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.  Yesterday, the DOJ joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against the aircraft maker and two of its subsidiaries, Sikorsky Support Services Inc. and Derco Aerospace Inc.  Sikorsky Aircraft is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, with...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defense Contract Fraud,

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DOJ Catch of the Week -- DRS Technical Services

Posted  10/10/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to DRS Technical Services Inc. Last Tuesday, the Virginia based telecommunications services provider agreed to pay $13.7 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government for work performed by DRS personnel who lacked the job qualifications required by the company's government...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defense Contract Fraud,

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