Less than two months into the new calendar year, and the Department of Justice is hard at work cracking down on false claims and continuing to save Uncle Same some of his hard-earned money. After noticing a defense contractor settle a false claims act with the DOJ just last week, a quick search in the database reveals 10 examples of companies pleading guilty to false claims in dealings with the U.S. Government this fiscal year alone.
The DoJ released a statement in February of 2022 saying, “The Justice Department obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021.
As of that date, it was the second-largest annual total in False Claims Act history and the largest since 2014. Since 1986, when Congress substantially strengthened the Civil False Claims Act, settlements and judgments have totaled more than $70 billion.
Another release from the DOJ, just a year later, stated, “settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.2 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022.”
And it continues on.
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