May 16, 2016
Posted May 23, 2016
Mountain States Contractors, an affiliated company of Jones Brothers, agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle charges of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment in connection with the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Mountain States employee under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive a whistleblower award of $500,000 from the proceeds of the government’s recovery. Whistleblower Insider
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