June 28, 2019

Following a whistleblower suit, defense contractor PAE Applied Technologies, LLC has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle charges that it knowingly defrauded the U.S. Air Force in violation of the False Claims Act.  The alleged fraud occurred between government fiscal years 2009 to 2014 and involved charging for employee wages that were above the applicable wage caps listed on a government contract.  USAO WDOK

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