RESTON, VA — A Reston-based defense contractor agreed to pay $1.95 million in order to settle False Claims Act allegations involving two Air Force contracts, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office release.
Two former Intelligent Waves employees filed a false claims lawsuit against the company under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims Act. As such, the two whistleblowers will receive a percentage of the $1.95 million settlement.
“A whistleblower suit, or qui tam action under the False Claims Act, is commenced by an individual filing a complaint under seal in the U.S. District Court and providing a copy of the complaint and evidence to the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” according to court documents. “The United States then has an opportunity to investigate the claims. The False Claims Act provides whistleblowers with a share of the government’s recovery.”
In September 2019, Intelligent Waves, LLC signed a crowd-sourced contract with the Air Force to provide crowd-sourced flight data collection support and data analytics to the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, according to court records.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Intelligent Waves sold equipment to the Air Force that the company knew wasn’t authorized under the crowd-sourced contract. In addition, the contractor submitted invoices to the Air Force portraying the same equipment as authorized equipment under the contract, court records say.
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