April 3, 2018

Norwegian NGO Norwegian People’s Aid, which receives funding from the US Agency for International Development, agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act by providing material support to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“PFLP”), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (“DFLP”), contrary to federal funding requirements. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (SDNY)

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