Hunt Companies officials have agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations of fraud involving its military housing operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, under a settlement reached with the Justice Department.
Government officials allege the company submitted false information to the Air Force about the completion of work orders between January 2013 and June 2019 in order to get higher performance incentive payouts, according to documents filed in federal court in Delaware. The government’s claims were partly based on a whistleblower lawsuit filed in January 2020 by a former employee of Hunt.
The whistleblower, Christine Kibler, was community director for the housing at Dover AFB, and her responsibilities included operational and financial oversight of the housing. She worked there from April to June 2019, when she was fired, according to court documents.
“When companies put service members’ welfare at risk to maximize profit, they cheat the government as well as everyone who serves our country. We will not tolerate such disappointing conduct,” said David Weiss, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, in a statement announcing the settlement.
According to Hunt’s website, it is the largest owner of military housing in the U.S., with about 52,000 homes spread across more than 40 military installations, to include Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps bases.
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