Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Triumph Actuation Systems – Connecticut, LLC (“Triumph”) has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States and has paid $478,586.49 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by inflating rates charged to and paid by the government on defense contracts.
Triumph is a limited liability company located in Windsor, Connecticut, that designs and manufactures mechanical and actuation components for commercial and U.S. military aircraft and military systems. The government contends that, between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2020, Triumph inflated the general and administrative (“G&A”) rates charged to and paid by the government and higher tier contractors on government contracts by including certain labor costs in those rates when, in fact, those same costs had already been directly charged to and paid by others. As a result of Triumph’s inflated G&A rates, Triumph was paid twice for the same costs.
“Federal contractors who falsely and fraudulently overbill the government, including defense contractors, will be held accountable,” said U.S. Attorney Avery. “We thank the relator for coming forward to report the fraudulent conduct, and DCIS, Army CID, NCIS and DCAA for thoroughly investigating this matter.”
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