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Global shipping company settles qui tam suit alleging FCA violations

By Phillips & Cohen LLP

APL Limited, a global shipping company, has agreed to pay $26.3 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to ship cargo to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California and an article in the San Jose Mercury News detail the allegations. They include a charge that the company knowingly overcharged and double-billed the Department of Defense.

The suit originated as a qui tam complaint filed under the False Claims Act. The whistleblower will receive $5.2 millions as his "relator's share."

Full post as published by False Claims Act - Qui Tam on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).