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Government Procurement Fraud

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DOJ Catch Of The Week -- Technology Integration Group

Posted  08/14/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "Catch of the Week" goes to PC Specialists Inc., doing business as Technology Integration Group (TIG).  On Tuesday, the San-Diego-based computer supply company agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle charges it inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for use at Sandia...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Defendants, FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Pricing Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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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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June 9, 2015

Josh Harman will receive a whistleblower award of nearly $19 million from the $663 million highway guardrail maker Trinity Industries was ordered to pay for violating the False Claims Act by defrauding the Federal Highway Administration by making a critical change to the dimensions of its ET-Plus guardrail in 2005, but failing to tell federal regulators as required by law.  NYT

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

June 5, 2015

Former DC Public Schools employee Jeffrey Mills will receive a yet-to-be-determined whistleblower award from the $19.4 million paid by Chartwells, a division of Compass Group USA, Inc. and Thompson Hospitality Services LLC to settle charges the company violated the False Claims Act by overcharging DC public schools in connection with its school lunch program contracts.  DC

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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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January 14, 2015

Office Depot agreed to pay $68.5M to settle charges in violated the California False Claims Act by allegedly overcharging more than 1,000 cities, counties, school districts and other government entities in California for office supplies. According to the government, Office Depot was required to but did not provide these government entities the lowest prices it was offering other government purchasers. The allegations originated with a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Office Depot employee David Sherwin. Corporate Crime Reporter

Tagged in: FCA State, Government Procurement Fraud, Pricing Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

November 13, 2014

California joined a whistle-blower lawsuit against BP alleging the company overcharged the state by as much as $300M for natural gas for almost a decade. The case was unsealed today in San Francisco state court. The state and two of its university systems are pursuing the case along with a whistleblower, former BP employee Christopher Schroen. Bloomberg

Tagged in: FCA State, Government Decision, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case,

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 – RE/MAX

Posted  07/11/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to RE/MAX Allegiance Relocation Services.  On Tuesday, the Virginia-based move management company agreed to pay roughly half a million dollars to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the government for transportation services.  The settlement was the result of a coordinated effort by the...

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

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March 7, 2014

Ocean shipping companies Sea Star Line and Horizon Lines agreed to pay $1.9M and $1.5M, respectively, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by fixing the price of government cargo transportation contracts between the continental US and Puerto Rico, the Department of Justice announced today.  The allegations were first raised in a qui tam lawsuit filed by former Sea Star Line executive William B. Stallings under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a whistleblower award of $512,719.  DOJ

Tagged in: FCA Federal, Government Procurement Fraud, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Rewards,

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