Jun 15, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Otis Elevator Company agreed to pay over $600,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by invoicing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for services that were not...
May 22, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On May 22, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that Utah-based defense contractor L3 Technologies had agreed to pay $62 million to resolve allegations that one of its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act (FCA), as well as the Truth in Negotiations Act, by...
May 20, 2025 | False Claims Act, Government Contract, Government Investigations
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has been used since the Civil War to punish government contractors who submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to government agencies. The typical FCA case involves a physician submitting false claims for reimbursement to...
May 7, 2025 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On May 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California) announced that San Jose-based robotics/AI company Vimaan Robotics agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False...
Feb 10, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On January 31, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14173, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“EO”). The stated purpose of the EO “is to ensure that [the federal government enforces civil rights laws] by...
Jun 24, 2024 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On June 21, the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, along with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that two Lockheed Martin wholly-owned subsidiaries — Sikorsky Support Services and Derco Aerospace...
