Whistleblowers alleging that ManTech International Corp. defrauded the US Army under a mine-resistant vehicles contract can still allege that the company’s treatment of employees violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.

The whistleblowers—former ManTech employees—say the company’s conduct performing the $3 billion contract violated the False Claims Act. In June 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia said they adequately alleged that ManTech violated the TVPRA by confiscating the employees’ passports in Kuwait, forcing them to work in hazardous conditions, imposing penalties for quitting, and making them afraid of arrest by local officials.

ManTech—now owned by The ...

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