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Contract Non-Compliance

This archive displays posts tagged as relevant to fraud arising from or resulting in non-compliance with government contracts. You may also be interested in the following pages:

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December 9, 2015

Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards agreed to pay $8.5 million and release the government from contract claims to settle False Claims Act charges it misrepresented the longitudinal strength of patrol boats it delivered to the Coast Guard that resulted in the boats buckling and failing once they were put into service.  Bollinger was the subcontractor that performed design and conversion work on the Coast Guard’s existing fleet of 110-foot patrol boats.  According to the government, Bollinger provided the Coast Guard with engineering calculations that falsely represented the longitudinal strength of the boats and was two times greater than their actual longitudinal strength. The government further alleged Bollinger failed to follow the quality control procedures that were mandated by the contract that would have ensured against such engineering miscalculations.  DOJ

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

November 25, 2015

Defense contractor L-3 Communications Eotech, Inc., its parent company, L-3 Communications Corporation, and Eotech president Paul Mangano, agreed to pay $25.6 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by selling defective holographic weapon sights to the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Defendants knew the sights failed to perform as represented in cold temperatures and humid environments, but delayed disclosure of these defects for years. DOJ (SDNY)

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

November 2, 2015

Massachusetts-based telecom software company NetCracker Technology Corp. agreed to pay $11.4 million, and Virginia-based information technology company Computer Sciences Corp. agreed to pay $1.35 million to settle charges they violated the False Claims Act by using individuals without security clearance on a government defense contract.  The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former NetCracker employee John Kingsley under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Mr. Kingsley will receive a whistleblower award of $2,358,750 as his share from the government’s recovery in this case. Whistleblower Insider

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

October 27, 2015

Arizona-based ocean carrier APL Limited, a wholly-owned American subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Limited, agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in connection with a Department of Defense contract to provide GPS tracking of shipping containers in Afghanistan.  The government contract required APL to affix a satellite tracking device to each shipping container transported from Karachi, Pakistan to U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.  According to the government, APL billed the DOD for tracking services despite knowing that the tracking devices completely or partially failed to transmit data, or were not affixed to shipping containers.  DOJ

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

September 28, 2015

L-3 Communications Corporation and its affiliated entities Vertex Aerospace LLC and L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP agreed to pay $4.63 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by inflating labor hours for time spent by independent contractors at the military’s Continental US Replacement Centers (CRCs) in Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Bliss, Texas.  According to the government, L-3 knowingly overcharged the government for time their independent contractors spent at the CRCs by billing for each individual not based on the actual time that individual spent at the CRC, but based instead on the earliest arrival or latest departure time of any other individual who also processed through the center that same day.  The allegations first arose in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former L-3 independent contractor Robert A. Martin under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Mr. Martin will receive a whistleblower award of $798,675.  Whistleblower Insider

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

August 19, 2015

Background check company US Investigations Services Inc. and its parent company Altegrity agreed to settle charges that USIS violated the False Claims Act by failing to provide proper background checks as required under its contract with the  Office of Personnel Management.  They agreed to forgo $30 million in payments they claim OPM owed them.  The allegations leading to the settlement were first raised in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former USIS executive Blake Percival under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award.  Whistleblower Insider

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 19, 2015

Atlanta-based world-wide package delivery service United Parcel 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.  According to the government, UPS engaged in multiple practices to conceal its failure to comply with its delivery guarantees, thereby depriving federal customers of the ability to request refunds for late deliveries.  The government’s allegations arose out of whistleblower lawsuit filed by former UPS employee Robert K. Fulk under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Mr. Fulk will receive a whistleblower award of $3.75 million.  DOJ

Tagged in: Contract Non-Compliance, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

May 13, 2015

Healthcare technology company Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. agreed to pay $5.9 million to resolve False Claims Act charges of overcharging the Department of Defense for purchases of medical imaging equipment.  DOJ

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

April 9, 2015

Sprint Communications, Inc. (formerly Sprint Nextel Corporation) agreed to pay $15.5 million to resolve allegations it defrauded federal law enforcement agencies when recovering its costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps, pen registers, and trap devices.  DOJ

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

October 24, 2014

Boulder, Colorado-based antenna and radio system company First RF Corporation agreed to pay $10M to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims for electronic warfare antennas sold to the US Army to combat Improvised Explosive Devices. Specifically, the government alleged that First RF knowingly submitted false data to the Army that misrepresented First RF’s cost to manufacture the antennas, and thereby inflated the price for the antennas and the payments First RF received for them. DOJ

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

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