Attorney General Keith Ellison announced April 7 that a construction and paving company, Anderson Brothers Construction Company of Brainerd LLC, has agreed to pay $1,295,610 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act and the Minnesota False Claims Act by routinely and knowingly falsifying test results to make its paving material appear higher quality than it was and submitting those false results to the government in seeking payments for road paving in Minnesota between 2017 and 2022.
A press release from Ellison's office said the allegations were brought under the qui tam or whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act by Kacie Dixon, a former Bituminous Mix Technician at Anderson Brothers. Under those provisions, a private party can file a lawsuit on behalf of the government and receive a portion of any recovery. The qui tam case is captioned United States of America and State of Minnesota ex rel. Dixon v. Anderson Brothers Construction Company of Brainerd, LLC., Civil Action No. 22-sc-02078 (D. Minn.).
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