Three Adobe employees filed False Claims Act lawsuits exposing the scheme and will share a $555K whistleblower reward.
The technology firm was found to have knowingly included false pricing, rebate, and discount information in disclosures to become a GSA Schedule contractor.
Contractor previously paid $5.6 million to resolve allegations it improperly sourced tungsten cubes from China instead of the United States for high-explosive tank rounds sold to Israel.
The settlement caps the DOJ’s nearly 20-year pursuit of False Claims Act lawsuits, prompted by a whistleblower complaint, against companies in the body-armor supply chain involving Zylon vests
Georgia firm allegedly falsely certified that its firefighting foam complied with military specifications
Qui tam whistleblower alleged that Aerojet Rocketdyne misled the government regarding its compliance with cybersecurity standards
Company allegedly gave government inflated cost and pricing data when negotiating no-bid contracts for drone-related military projects
Firm allegedly provided government with inaccurate cost data during contract negotiations, failed to disclose that estimates had been reduced by automation of manual tasks.
