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December 19, 2017

United Technologies Corporations agreed to pay roughly $1 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act relating to conduct by Goodrich Pump and Engine Controls Systems, a company UTC indirectly owned from July 2012 through March 2013.  According to the government, Goodrich was a subcontractor to Rolls-Royce Corporation which was a prime contractor to the U.S. Army and Goodrich sold to Rolls Royce counterfeit microprocessors to be integrated in Full Authority Digital Engine Control Units for installation into Rolls Royce's M-250 series engines for U.S. Army helicopters. DOJ (DCT)

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud, FCA Federal,

November 28, 2017

Nebraska McAlpine, a former employee of a U.S. government contractor in Afghanistan, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for accepting over $250,000 in illegal kickbacks from an Afghan subcontractor in return for his assistance in obtaining subcontracts on U.S. government contracts.  DOJ

Tagged in: Bribery and Bid-Rigging, Defense Contract Fraud,

November 17, 2017

New York-based defense contractor Telephonics Corporation agreed to pay $4,250,000 to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government under certain contracts to provide vehicle-mounted counter-improvised explosive device systems (Warlock Systems) to the Army and multi-mode radar systems (LAMPS Systems) to the Navy.  DOJ (EDNY)

Tagged in: Defense Contract Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal,

November 14, 2017

Ohio-based Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and New Jersey-based Progressive Garden State Insurance Co., part of the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, one of the nation’s largest auto insurance providers, agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare and Medicaid to pay for claims for which the companies were responsible. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive an award of more than $600,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (DNJ)

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Financial and Investment Fraud, Government Procurement Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

October 16, 2017

Virginia-based defense contractor Triple Canopy, Inc. agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the Department of Defense for unqualified security guards stationed in Iraq.  Specifically, the government alleged that Triple Canopy knowingly billed the government for security guards who could not pass contractually required firearms proficiency tests and that Triple Canopy concealed the guards’ inability to satisfy the firearms testing requirements by creating false test scorecards that Triple Canopy was required to maintain for government review.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by a former Triple Canopy employee.  The whistleblower will receive an award of roughly $500,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery.  DOJ (EDVA)

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud, Falsifying Invoices, FCA Federal, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

October 10, 2017

A federal jury convicted William Whyte, the owner and CEO of Virginia-based armored vehicle company Armet Armored Vehicles, for his role in a scheme to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with armored gun trucks that did not meet ballistic and blast protection requirements set out in the company’s contracts with the United States. DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, Defense Contract Fraud,

October 10, 2017

Sage Tee LLC, a subcontractor at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site, and its owner Laura Shikashio, agreed to pay $235,000 to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act in connection with improperly receiving two small business subcontracts at DOE's Hanford nuclear site.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  The whistleblower will receive an award from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (EDWA)

Tagged in: Environmental Fraud, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Set-Asides and Preferences, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

October 3, 2017

New York-based contractors Zoladz Construction Company Inc., Arsenal Contracting LLC and Alliance Contracting LLC, along with two owners, John Zoladz and David Lyons, agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by improperly obtaining federal set-aside contracts designated for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.  The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  The whistleblower will receive an award of $450,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Set-Asides and Preferences, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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