March 21, 2016
Posted March 28, 2016
Maryland-based Coastal International Security, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $1.65 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company defrauded the State Department during performance of a security contract and later concealed the fraud from contracting officials, and civil allegations that the company improperly obtained and used competitors’ pricing information to underbid competitors on government task orders. Coastal International simultaneously agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve civil claims under the False Claims Act for this conduct, as well as claims under the Procurement Integrity Act. DOJ (EDVA)
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