Infrequent Price Fixing FCA Case settled March 7, 2014. Contract shippers Sea Star Line has agreed to pay $1.9 million, and Horizon Lines has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle qui tam whistleblower allegations that they conspired to fix the price of shipping contracts on which they were bidding. The contracts were for shipping routes between the continental United States and Puerto Rico and were for the delivery of US Mail (Postal Service) and food (Department of Agriculture). The whistleblower will receive $512,719 for his information and assistance.
Read more: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/March/14-civ-242.html