Defense Contract Fraud
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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- NetCracker Technology Corp.
Posted 11/6/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to NetCracker Technology Corp. On Monday, the Massachusetts-based telecommunications software company agreed to pay $11.4 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by using individuals without security clearance on a government defense contract. As part of the settlement, Virginia-based information...
In Their Own Words — McCaskill
Posted 10/27/15
-- "[W]histleblowers play a critical role in protecting tax dollars by shining a light on waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government."
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), in a letter she wrote yesterday to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus calling for more information on how the Navy is dealing with Rear Admiral Brian Losey who "despite a recommendation from the Department of Defense Inspector General . . . is not being...Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Suit Against KBR Will Go Forward: False Certification of Compliance Not Needed To State a Claim
Posted 10/21/15
C|C Whistleblower Team
By Janice Kelly
A whistleblower suit against KBR will go forward after a district court judge found that relators’ complaint sufficiently alleged a violation of the False Claims Act. Judge Michael M. Mihm found that relators’ claims that KBR sidestepped required inventory controls and ordered hundreds of millions of dollars of unneeded materials met the FCA’s requirement that fraud...
DOJ Catch of the Week — Boeing
Posted 10/16/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to the Boeing Company. On Wednesday, the Chicago-based aerospace and defense industry giant agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for labor charges on maintenance contracts with the US Air Force. See DOJ Press Release.
According to the government,...
DOJ Catch of the Week -- L-3 Communications
Posted 10/2/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to L-3 Communications Corporation and its affiliated entities Vertex Aerospace LLC and L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP. On Monday, the government defense contractor agreed to pay $4.63 million to resolve allegations it inflated labor hours for time spent by independent contractors at the military’s...
In Their Own Words -- Walker
Posted 09/14/15
-- “Out of the sense of honesty and patriotism, he didn’t want anything to do with what was going on here. He wanted to make sure the wrongdoers were exposed.”
Whistleblower attorney describing Steven D. Walker’s efforts to expose bid rigging fraud in war-torn Afghanistan program. For more click here.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...
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,...
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...