August 11, 2015

Computer Supply company PC Specialists Inc. (d/b/a Technology Integration Group) 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 for use at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Specifically, TIG sold Dell computers to Sandia Corporation for resale to the United States under Sandia’s contract with the NNSA.  According to the government, TIG knowingly inflated the amounts it charged Sandia by failing to give credits for rebates and discounts it received from Dell as required by its contract.  The government’s allegations arose from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by Maverick Granger, a former TIG executive in Albuquerque, under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  He will receive a yet-to-be determined whistleblower award.  Whistleblower Insider

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