Qui Tam Whistleblower rewarded $1.28 million in a successful False Claims Act (FCA) case charging Defense Contracting Fraud that was settled by the Department of Justice on February 18, 2014, with IT firm Vector Planning and Services Inc. (VPSI), of Chantilly, Va., agreeing to pay $6.5 million to the government. The settlement resolves whistleblower allegations that VSPI inflated claims for payments under several contracts with the Navy, in violation of the FCA. Specifically, the complaint charged VPSI with overcharging the Navy for indirect costs.
The case is captioned United States ex rel. Hai Ba Trung v. Vector Planning and Services Inc., et al., 3:12-cv-02353-LAB-BGS (S.D. Calif.). Since the case was filed in 2012, this early 2014 settlement represents a fairly quick resolution by FCA standards.
Read more here: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/February/14-civ-167.html
