A Vermont defense contractor will pay the federal government $426,000 to settle allegations that it sold the U.S. military protective eyewear with components sourced from outside the country — a violation of defense procurement policy, officials said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced the settlement with Revision Military, which is based in Essex Junction, in a press release Monday.
According to the settlement, Revision falsely claimed that eyewear it supplied from 2016 to 2020 was fully compliant with federal standards that such products contain textiles sourced only from within the U.S. At issue, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, was foreign-sourced material used to make the carrying pouches, cases and straps for some of its products.
The office brought a civil case against the company under the federal False Claims Act, which is the feds’ primary mechanism for prosecuting fraud against the government.
“In selling products that it knew to be non-compliant, Revision violated the trust placed in government contractors in furtherance of its bottom line,” Nikolas Kerest, the U.S. attorney for Vermont, said in the press release.
Since the feds’ investigation started, Revision has acknowledged that its employees tasked with product sourcing knew they were using non-compliant manufacturing materials, Kerest’s office said. The company does not dispute the government’s accounting, the settlement states, though also “expressly denies” any liability.
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