By Rae Ann Varona (September 7, 2022, 9:28 PM EDT) -- A Colorado-based scientific instruments manufacturer and its owner agreed to pay the United States $625,000 to settle allegations they sold the government China-origin products despite claiming they were produced domestically, the U. S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. In allegedly lying, Instec Inc. and its owner and president Dr. Zhong Zou violated the False Claims Act by failing to abide by the requirements of the Buy American Act, which Congress enacted in 1933 to protect domestic manufacturing by creating a preference for U. S. products in federal government purchases. "Those who contract with the government must comply with all applicable terms," Brian M. Boynton,. . .
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