Cisco - Procurement Fraud/Cybersecurity ($8.6 million)

Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower in a False Claims Act case alleging Cisco Systems sold the government noncompliant video surveillance software vulnerable to unauthorized access and manipulation.  In July 2019, the company agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle the matter.  It was the first cybersecurity whistleblower case ever successfully resolved under the False Claims Act.  Our client received a whistleblower award of 20% of the government’s recovery.  Read more — Washington Post, Reuters, AP, CC.

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